The one-time expression in one pastoral letter of Paul 'handle properly' had nothing to do with divvying up passages back and forth between Israel and the Gentiles. True there are passages that were/are only binding to Israel. But a whole industry has developed on a misused expression, and huge numbers of mistakes at that.
The expression had to do with Timothy, Paul's apprentice, not wasting his time on stray expressions or rules in the law that were not constructive toward the Gospel's ministry. The problem was 'wrangling about words or expressions in the law.'
That is about par for the understanding of the Bible from D'ists.
Lol - your every post contradicts your above.
According to your every post, Dispys do not handle the Scriptures properly, and as a result; get the timeline of things...wrong.
Even as you assert that the following is not a part of what Paul is talking about in the very next few passages immediately following verse 15's "rightly dividing the word of truth."
2 Timothy 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
It is clear to me that "rightly dividing the word of truth" is in contrast to "profane and vain babblings."
In other words - that both expressions refer to what each is "SAYING" there "CONCERNING THE TRUTH."
Timothy is to RIGHTLY divide it, IN CONTRAST TO their word - to THEIR dividing or SAYING of it - IN CONTRAST TO THEIR error.
He is talking about what Timothy is to rightly ASSERT...IN CONTRAST TO what those two were wrongly ASSERTING.
And THIS involves a GREAT NEED to NOTE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN the TWO.
BETWEEN rightly AND wrongly ASSERTING a thing.
And in Paul's own RIGHT assertion there, he notes a CLEAR TIMELINE DISTINCTION violation.
Just as what he began his earlier letter to Timothy with (what some were doing with the Law) was ALSO a TIMELINE DISTINCTION violation.