1. Uncorruptness: Adiaphthoria
of how doctrine is to be presented, and these adjectives also describe the doctrine itself: "In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity."
1. Uncorruptness: Adiaphthoria The term adiaphthoria speaks of incorruptibility, purity, and freedom from decay. Authentic doctrine is uncorrupted by human speculation, cultural accommodation, or philosophical admixture. Throughout church history, the greatest battles have been fought not over the denial of doctrine, but over its corruption. Adding to or subtracting from the apostolic deposit produces a different gospel, which is no gospel at all.
Uncorruptness demands that teachers handle the Word of God accurately.
Paul told Timothy to "rightly divide the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15), using a term that means to cut straight. The unskilled worker ruins good material. The unskilled or unfaithful teacher ruins the good doctrine by corrupting it with personal opinions, traditions of men, or the zeitgeist of