Using the Word of Truth Helpfully, Diligently, and Rightly

Why must ministers of the Word work so hard? 2Timothy 2:14–16 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that ministers of the Word must be diligent workers, so that they can guide hearers straightly through life-giving truth, rather than ruining them with empty noise.