2 Timothy 4:15

Of whom you beware also; for he has greatly withstood our words.
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John Chrysostom

AD 407
That is, he is hostile to us, and opposes us. He has not said, Revenge, punish, expel him, although by the grace given him he might have so done, but he does no such thing; nor does he arm Timothy against him, but only commands him to avoid him, leaving vengeance to God, and for the consolation of the weaker he has said that He will reward him, which is a prophecy rather than an imprecation. And that he says these things to prepare the mind of his disciple, is manifest also from what follows. But see how he mentions other of his trials.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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