Verse 17
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
And say to Archippus — One of the pastors of that church.
Take heed — It is the duty of the flock to try them that say they are apostles to reject the false, and to warn, as well as to receive, the real.
The ministry — Not a lordship, but a service; a laborious and painful work; an obligation to do and suffer all things; to be the least, and the servant, of all.
In the Lord — Christ by whom, and for whose sake, we receive the various gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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