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Verse 2 Timothy 2:4. _NO MAN THAT WARRETH ENTANGLETH_, c.] It is well
remarked by _Grotius_, on this passage, that the legionary soldiers
among the Romans were not permitted to engage in husbandry,
m...
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NO MAN THAT WARRETH ENTANGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE -
Having alluded to the soldier, and stated one thing in which the
Christian minister is to resemble him, another point of resembla...
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II. FAITH'S CONFLICT AND THE BELIEVER'S PATH
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The apostle's charge (2 Timothy 2:1)_
2. As soldier and husbandman (2 Timothy 2:3)
3. Identification with Christ (2 Timothy 2:8)
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(_d_) 2 Timothy 2:1. THE APPEAL RENEWED. Thus enriched in his
ordination, challenged by Paul's example, and warned by the Asian
defection, Timothy, for all his work, must find continual strength in
hi...
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THE CHAIN OF TEACHING (2 Timothy 2:1-2)...
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Accept your share in suffering like a fine soldier of Christ Jesus. No
soldier who is on active service entangles himself in ordinary
civilian business; he lays aside such things, so that by good serv...
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NO MAN No one. Greek. _oudeis._
WARRETH. Compare 1 Timothy 1:18.
ENTANGLETH. Greek _empteko._ Only here and 2 Peter 2:20.
AFFAIRS. Greek. _pragmateia._ Only here.
LIFE. App-170.
THAT. in order th...
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_No_man _that warreth_ More literally NO ONE ON SERVICE, as in Luke
3:18 -men on march" came to St John Baptist. Carr, however, there
quotes instances from the classics for the absence of the article,...
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The three illustrations follow of the soldier, the athlete, the
farmer, with the common point of _persevering pains_. They are all
familiar to St Paul. That of the soldier has occurred already, 1
Timo...
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Personal and Ministerial Zeal enforced by Parables from the life of
the Soldier, the Athlete and the Farmer
The Apostle resumes the main thread of exhortation to Christian
courage. After its enforcem...
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REPETITION OF CHARGE I. BE STRONG IN CHRIST’S STRENGTH...
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3, 4. _a._ THE EXAMPLE OF THE SOLDIER...
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ΟΥ̓ΔΕῚΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΕΥΌΜΕΝΟΣ, _no one serving as a
soldier_.
ἘΜΠΛΈΚΕΤΑΙ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΤΟΥ͂ ΒΊΟΥ
ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΊΑΙΣ, _entangles himself with the affairs of life_,
sc. the affairs of worldly business, as distinct from the hi...
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ΣΤΡΑΤΕΥΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΣΤΡΑΤΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4754) быть воином. Описание
жизни, обучения и дисциплины римских
солдат _см._ Jos. JW, 3:70-109; TJ, 101-14. Это
сравнение подразумевает полну...
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NO MAN THAT WARRETH ENTANGLETH HIMSELF, &C.— The Roman soldiers were
not suffered to be tutors to any person, curators of another man's
estate, proctors for other men's causes, or to undertake husband...
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b.
As a Soldier 2 Timothy 2:3-4
_TEXT 2:3, 4_
3 Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No
soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life;
that he may pleas...
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No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life;
that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
'No one while serving as a soldier' [ strateuomenos (G4754)].
THE...
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2 Timothy had been with the apostle in Rome, whence he was probably
sent to Philippi (Php_2:19). The most loving and intimate relations
existed between them, and Paul continually refers to him as his...
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2:4 going (e-3) Or 'serving.'...
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ENDURE HARDNESS] RV 'suffer hardship with me.' A GOOD SOLDIER] The
soldier's virtue is to be shown in resisting, (1) the enemies of the
faith, (2) all evil; and with this end in view he will not devot...
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EXHORTATIONS TO FLRMNESS, UNCONTENTIOUSNESS, AND PERSEVERANCE
1-26. The duties of God's ministers are, (1) to maintain the faith
against assailants and seducers (2 Timothy 2:1; 2 Timothy 2:14; 2
Timot...
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HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK
2 TIMOTHY
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 2
APPEAL TO BE STRONG AND TO SUFFER (2:1-13)
V1 You then, my child, be strong with the help of Christ Jesus...
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NO MAN THAT WARRETH... — Better rendered, _while engaged on military
service,_ or _serving as a soldier._ The first picture is suggested by
the last simile (in 2 Timothy 2:3). It was one very familiar...
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CHAPTER 30
THE CHRISTIAN'S LIFE AS MILITARY SERVICE; AS AN ATHLETIC CONTEST; AS
HUSBANDRY. - 2 Timothy 2:3
ST. PAUL represents the Christian life and the Christian ministry
under a variety of figures...
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The condition of all success is toil; toil which may involve pain.
Think of the price of a soldier's victory, the conditions of an
athlete's crown, of a field-labourer's wage. Our Lord Jesus Himself,...
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στρατευόμενος : _militans Deo_ (Vulg.). _Soldier_, in the
sense of a person belonging to the army, not _soldier on service_, as
R.V., which makes the same error in Luke 3:14 marg. (See _Expositor_,
vi...
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“A GOOD SOLDIER OF CHRIST JESUS”
2 Timothy 2:1
_ Soldier_, 2 Timothy 2:1: There is grace enough in Jesus for every
need, but we must avail ourselves of it. We can expect nothing less
than hardship, s...
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In order to fulfil the ideal revealed in the instructions, Timothy was
charged to "be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." The
apostle employed three figures of speech, the soldier, the...
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DIFFERENT IMAGES OF A MINISTER'S LIFE
If Timothy was to pass along the gospel, he would have to be prepared
to suffer persecution, self denial and the onslaught of the enemy like
a soldier on active d...
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No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of (b) [this]
life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
(b) With affairs of household, or other things that belong to o...
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_No man....entangleth himself with worldly concerns: with other
affairs of the world: much less must the soldier of Christ, who
striveth, [2] (better than fighteth) which belongs to the first
comparis...
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(1) В¶ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in
Christ Jesus. (2) And the things that thou hast heard of me among many
witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be ab...
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Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the
same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things
had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
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_AGAINST ENTANGLEMENTS_
‘No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this
life; that he may please Him Who hath chosen him to be a soldier.’
2 Timothy 2:4
The Roman soldier served un...
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4_No man who warreth _He continues to make use of the metaphor which
he had borrowed from warfare. Yet, strictly speaking, he formerly
called Timothy “a soldier of Christ” metaphorically; but now he
c...
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The truth was the especial treasure committed to him; and he has not
only to keep it, as we have seen, but to take care that it was
propagated and communicated to others after him, and perhaps still
f...
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NO MAN THAT WARRETH,.... Who is a soldier, and gives himself up to
military service, in a literal sense: the Vulgate Latin version,
without any authority, adds, "to God"; as if the apostle was speakin...
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No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of _this_
life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Ver. 4. _With the affairs_] Or, gainful negotiations with marriage...
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_Thou therefore endure hardness_ Κακοπαθησον, literally,
_endure evil;_ that is, expect persecutions and various sufferings,
and, by the powerful aids of divine grace, endure them with courage,
consta...
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WARRETH; enlists as a soldier.
THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE; the various kinds of business which other
men pursue.
PLEASE HIM; his commander, by devoting himself undividedly to his
service. So Timothy m...
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ADMONITION TO FAITHFULNESS IN THE MINISTRY....
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NO MAN THAT WARRETH ENTANGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE,
THAT HE MAY PLEASE HIM WHO HATH CHOSEN HIM TO BE A SOLDIER....
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If in chapter 1 we have seen the blessedness of God's abiding presence
in His beloved saints - whatever may be the human failure everywhere -
now in chapter 2, verses 1 to 13, there is a resulting con...
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1-7 As our trials increase, we need to grow stronger in that which is
good; our faith stronger, our resolution stronger, our love to God and
Christ stronger. This is opposed to our being strong in ou...
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Having told Timothy that his life was to be the life of a soldier, in
which he would be exposed to many difficulties, and dangers, and
hazards, he here mindeth him of the law and custom of soldiers, w...
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Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch "No man that warreth
entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please
him who hath chosen him to be a soldier; and if a man also st...
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2 Timothy 2:4 one G3762 warfare G4754 (G5734) himself G1707 (G5743)
affairs G4230 life G979 that G2443 please...
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2 Timothy 2:4. NO MAN THAT WARRETH. Better, _‘no soldier on
service.'_
AFFAIRS. The Greek word had acquired the secondary sense of affairs
of trade, the _businesses_ of this life. In Roman practice...
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NO SOLDIER ON SERVICE
(ουδεις στρατευομενος). "No one serving as a
soldier." See 1 Corinthians 9:7 for this old verb and 2 Corinthians
10:3; 1 Timothy 1:18 for the metaphorical use.Entangleth himsel...
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2 Timothy 2:1. _Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is
in Christ Jesus._
Is an exhortation to every one of us, not only to have grace, but to
be strong in it. There are many professor...
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2 Timothy 1:1. _Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is
in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many
witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall...
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CONTENTS: Walk of a good soldier of Christ in times of apostasy.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Timothy, David, Hymenaeus, Philetus, Satan.
CONCLUSION: Those who have work to do for Christ must stir them...
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2 Timothy 2:1. _Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus._ Be
strong in the Lord, and in every virtue. This is chiefly repeated from
Ephesians 6:10.
2 Timothy 2:3. _Endure hardness,_ or hardship...
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A SOLDIER IN ACTIVE SERVICE. Timothy's position is unusual, because as
Paul's _spiritual son,_ he would be the target of the opposition. But
this principle applies to every servant of God. The ministr...
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_No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this
life._
ROMAN SOLDIERS
were not allowed to marry or to engage in any husbandry or trade; and
they were forbidden to act as tutors to an...
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2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 2:4 This verse has at times been
misinterpreted as a call away from “secular,” CIVILIAN PURSUITS.
The Bible, however, does not separate life into “spiritual” and
“secular”...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Timothy 2:3. ENDURE HARDNESS.—R.V. “Suffer hardship with me.”
Compare 2 Timothy 1:8, where the same word occurs. It would seem more
consistent to refer the fellowsh...
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EXPOSITION
2 TIMOTHY 2:1
_Child _for _son_, A.V.; _strengthened _for _strong, _A.V. BE
STRENGTHENED (ἐνδυναμοῦ)_; _more exactly (as Huther),
_become strong, _or, which is the same thing, _strengthe...
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Ver. 4. _No one serving as a soldier_ (Scholfield, _Hints_) _entangles
himself_ (taking the verb ἐμπλέκεται as in the middle) _in
the businesses of life_ that is, in the ordinary affairs and
occupatio...
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Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace (2 Timothy 2:1)
You see, it is legalism that is threatening the church. This idea that
you can work yourself into divine favor. So "be strong in the gra...
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1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Corinthians 7:23; 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1
Corinthians 9:26;...
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That warreth [σ τ ρ α τ ε υ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. Better, when
engaged in warfare. Rev. no soldier on service. In Paul, 1 Corinthians
9:7; 2 Corinthians 10:3. In Pastorals only here and 1 Timothy 1:18.
Entang...
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THE CHRISTIAN'S TITLES
2 Timothy 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We will discuss the seven distinctive names under which Paul addressed
his son in the faith. As a prelude to these seven names, it might be
h...