2 Tim 4:1 "I charge you in the presence of God"

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Is this like swearing or making an oath? I thought invoking the presence of God over your words was wrong…?
 
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That’s not what my 2 Tim 3:4 showed. Do you have the right scriptural reference?

Edit: it’s 2 Tim 4:1
 
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I thought invoking the presence of God over yours words was swearing or making an oath, and I’m wondering if it is I guess…
 
For those interested:

From the Baltimore Catechism

Q. 347. What is an oath?

A. An oath is the calling upon God to witness the truth of what we say.

Q. 348. When may we take an oath?

A. We may take an oath when it is ordered by lawful authority or required for God’s honor or for our own or our neighbor’s good.

So, Paul was justified.
 
It was not an oath. As stated above, an oath is the calling upon of God to witness to the truth of what we say. In this passage, Paul is invoking God, not as a witness, but as a source of authority. Paul is invoking the presence of God which moves within his office as Bishop and Apostle in his command of Timothy. This is similar to a religious superior ordering a religious in their care ordering that religious under the vow of obedience or a bishop’s episcopal decree to his priests.
 
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