Seeds

2 Timothy 2:25 (ESV) correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. Command: "[Correct] his opponents with gentleness" (2 Timothy 2:25) — imperative embedded in the servant's manner of correction. Example: None named directly. Necessary Inference: If even correction of opponents is to be done "with gentleness," and repentance is something God "grants" rather than something the corrector produces, the outcom

Matthew 6:1-4 (ESV) Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them... when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Command: "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them" (Matthew 6:1); "do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing" (Matthew 6:3

Galatians 2:20 (ESV) I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Command: None explicit — Paul's own testimony. Example: Paul himself, describing his identity as already crucified and replaced. Necessary Inference: If Paul can say "it is no longer I who live" while still visibly living and writing, this isn't erasure of t