2 Coríntios 10

2 Coríntios 10

Calvin - It is the duty of a good pastor to draw his sheep on calmly and kindly, so that many suffer themselves to be governed, rather than to coerce them with violence. I acknowledge, indeed, that severity is sometimes necessary; but we must always set out with gentleness, and persevere in it, so long as the hearer shows himself tractable. Severity is the extreme remedy.… For as men should be drawn, as far as is in our power, rather than driven, so, when mildness proves to be ineffective with those who are hard and refractory, it then becomes necessary to resort to rigour; otherwise it will not be moderation, or impartiality, but culpable cowardice.” (Quoted by P E Hughes in The Second Epistle to the Corinthians ) Wayne