Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Timothy 3:17

17 That the man of God may be perfect , throughly furnished unto all good works .

That both Ministers and all godly Men may be as perfect as they can be in the state of mortality, fitted for the duties of their several Callings and Places.

And be prepared to every work which is good, acceptable and well-pleasing unto God, whether it be a work of Piety, or Justice and Charity. The Scripture as to all, is so full a direction, that Christians need not go down to the Philistines to whet their Tools, nor be beholden to unwritten Traditions, or to the writings of Pagan Philosophers, for directions what to do, how to Worship God, or manage any part of their Conversation, either as to their general calling, or as to their particular Relations.

To instruct us in the true righteousness in which we must appear before God; for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, Rom. 1.17.

Marginal references: Or, perfected.