2 Thessalonians 2:15

Traditions [π α ρ α δ ο σ ε ι ς]. See on 1 Corinthians 11:2. Not emphasizing a distinction between written and oral tradition. Tradition, in the scriptural sense, may be either written or oral. It implies on the part of a teacher that he is not expressing his own ideas, but is delivering or handing over [π α ρ α δ ι δ ω μ ι] a message received from some one else. See 1 Corinthians 11:23. The prominent idea of paradosiv is therefore that of an authority external to the teacher. Comp. by word nor by letter, ver. 2.