Turn away from the heretic, after the first and second admonitions, knowing that such a person has become depraved and is sinning, being self-condemned.

How then does Paul say in another place, "Will not God give them repentance" (2 Timothy 2:25)? There he spoke of people who gave hope for reform; and here he speaks of an incorrigible heretic, completely depraved, who is condemned by himself, that is, unanswerable. For he cannot say: no one has taught me, no one has taught me. If, therefore, after exhortation, he persists in the same thing, he has condemned himself.

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, hasten to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have determined to spend the winter there.

Why did the apostle, having entrusted Titus with such a large island, again summon him to himself, distracting him from his office? This is for his own benefit, in order to better set him up for work, having discussed how he has fulfilled what he has entrusted to him. Nikopol is a city in Thrace, located on the Istra.

Take care to send Zina the lawyer and Apollos so that they will not lack anything.

Thus he calls a man who is experienced in the laws of the Jews: such was Zena; and Apollos was eloquent and powerful in the Scriptures. They have not yet been entrusted to the Church, so that they do not lack anything, that is, to see to it that they have in abundance everything they need, namely, food and clothing.

Let our people also learn to exercise themselves in good works, in the satisfaction of necessary needs, so that they may not be fruitless.

After all, the Lord, Who fed the five thousand, of course, could always nourish both Himself and His disciples, but He wanted to receive food from women so that they would benefit. So it is with us, it is not so much the poor who benefit from our alms as we are from them. The poor are for us a source of forgiveness of sins and boldness before God.

All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith.

Or: those who love him faithfully and without hypocrisy, or: those who love him faithfully, that is, Christians.

Grace be with you all. Amen.

He prayerfully wishes well, so that the gift of God may be preserved in them, or love for mankind will always be with them, preserving them by grace. Or: may grace always be with them, who are most in need of it, protecting both their souls and bodies in the Holy Spirit. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

Notes

1. According to another reading, they are called gavats.