Letter to Timothy: Criticism of the Preaching (1)

I am going to interrupt our letters on pastoral work for a while to turn to another subject which has recently come to my attention, and which is of sufficient importance to write to you about without delay. It is somewhat misplaced to write to you about this, because, with these letters, I really want to reach your congregation and the saints to whom you minister the word. But I am writing to you and not to your congregation in order that you may instruct the people of God under your care...