Paula

Good thoughts, gengwall. But I have noticed that in the Greek the term “stubborn to the word” is used frequently in contexts concerning the lost, and can’t think offhand of any where the context is clearly about backslidden believers. I’ll have to check on that sometime to be sure though.

But yeah, where translators get “obey not” is mystifying… unless you know that the primary motivating factor for the KJV was to make it as king-centered and authority-focused as possible. 😉