Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work — Which is far more than delivering me from death. Yea, and, over and above, preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom — Far better than that of Nero.
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work — Which is far more than delivering me from death. Yea, and, over and above, preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom — Far better than that of Nero.
Verse 18. _AND THE LORD SHALL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK_] None of the evil designs formed against me to make me unfaithful or unsteady, to cause me to save my life at the expense of faith and a...
AND THE LORD SHALL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK - He does not say from “death,” for he expected now to die; see 2 Timothy 4:6. But he was assured that God would keep him from shrinking from death w...
IV. THE LAST WORDS OF THE APOSTLE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The last charge (2 Timothy 4:1)_ 2. His last testimony (2 Timothy 4:6) 3. The last personal messages (2 Timothy 4:9)...
PERSONAL REQUESTS AND PERSONAL NEWS. Timothy's summons to Rome seems inconsistent with the discharge of the duties just enforced. If the letter is a unity, its main instructions may concern his condu...
PAUL'S GROUNDS OF APPEAL (2 Timothy 4:1-5)...
At my first defense no one was there to stand by me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned against them! But the Lord stood beside me, and he strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation...
EVIL. App-128. PRESERVE. save. HEAVENLY. Greek. _epouranios,_ as in Ephesians 1:3, &c. FOR EVER, &c. App-151. a....
_And the Lord shall deliver_ The -and" is omitted in the better mss. The Apostle for the last time -goes off abruptly" at the word -deliver," and breaks into a final song of -faith, hope and love." Th...
-Then came my first trial at Rome; Alexander was as nothing compared to "the lion"; I was alone, yet "not alone"; the Lord delivered me; and He will deliver me, even through and out of death Safe home...
The scattering of friends. Entreaty for Timothy's presence. Assurance of the Lord's present help The connexion is: -Do your best to come to me to come with all speed to come before the winter stops y...
ῬΎΣΕΤΑΙ. The rec. text prefixes καί; it is omitted by אACD2* 17, the Bohairic and the Latin versions. 18. ῬΎΣΕΤΑΊ ΜΕ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ�. _The Lord_, sc. Christ, _will deliver me from every evil work_. The chan...
THE APOSTLE’S LONELINESS, AND HIS FAITH...
ΡΎΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΡΎΟΜΑΙ (G4506) спасать, ΠΟΝΗΡΌΣ (G4190) дурной; здесь: зло, активное зло. ΣΏΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΣΦΖΩ (G4982) спасать, избавлять, ΈΠΟΥΡΆΝΙΟΣ (G2032) небесный ...
AND THE LORD SHALL DELIVER ME— "I do not indeed expect to be delivered, when I am called upon to make my second apology: but I am persuaded that the Lord will deliver me from every _evil work;_ from a...
PRAISE FOR HIS LORD 2 Timothy 4:16-18 _TEXT 4:16-18_ 16 At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account. 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened...
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. AND THE LORD SHALL. Hope draws its conclusions from the...
18 Paul realizes, at length, that his work on earth is finished and he now looks forward to the celestial kingdom, of which he, and all who accepted his message, were participants. 20 Trophimus is a...
ST. PAUL'S LAST MESSAGES AND COUNSELS 1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close, exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his teaching, in view of the immin...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 *PREACH THE *GOSPEL AND TEACH THE TRUTH (4:1-5) V1 This command I give to you with God and the *Lord Jesus...
AND THE LORD SHALL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK... — Many commentators have explained these words as the expression of St. Paul’s confidence that the Lord not only had, in the late trial, strengthe...
CHAPTER 37 THE APOSTLE FORSAKEN BY MEN BUT STRENGTHENED BY THE LORD-THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES COMPLETED THE SURE HOPE AND THE FINAL HYMN OF PRAISE. - 2 Timothy 4:16 THERE is a general agreement at...
ἔργου πονηροῦ : The form of the clause may be modelled on the petition in the Lord's Prayer, ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ; but the addition of ἔργου proves that the deliverance spoken of is not from an...
I have spoken of my present loneliness. Yet I have no justification for depression; for since I came to Rome I have had experience, at my preliminary trial, that God is a loyal protector when earthly...
“THE LORD STOOD BY ME” 2 Timothy 4:13 The winter was approaching, and the Apostle would be glad of his cloak amid the damp of the Mamertine prison. Evidently his arrest under Nero's orders had been s...
As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuke...
THE LORD STOOD WITH PAUL Though we do not know precisely when he made his first answer to the charges pressed against him, it is sad to hear this great man of God had not one friend to stand by him a...
And the Lord shall deliver me from every (f) evil work, and will preserve [me] unto his (g) heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen. (f) Preserve me pure from committing anything...
(9) В¶ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: (10) For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. (11) Onl...
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...
18_And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work _He declares, that he hopes the same for the future; not that he will escape death, but that he will not be vanquished by Satan, or turn aside from...
Does this perfect and supreme authority of the scriptures set aside ministry ? By no means; it is the foundation of the ministry of the word. One is a minister of the word; one proclaims the word rest...
AND THE LORD SHALL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK,.... From wicked and unreasonable men, and all their attempts upon him, and from all afflictions by them; not but that he expected afflictions as lon...
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve _me_ unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom _be_ glory for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 18. _And the Lord shall deliver_] Experience bre...
_Notwithstanding_ I was not left entirely destitute; for, though men forsook me, _the Lord stood with me_ According to his promise, Luke 21:15; _and strengthened me_ With that inward fortitude of mind...
FROM EVERY EVIL WORK; not from persecution even to death, for this the apostle expected; but from receiving any spiritual injury through the evil works of his enemies. God would keep his faith steadfa...
Concerning the first hearing:...
AND THE LORD SHALL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK, AND WILL PRESERVE ME UNTO HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM; TO WHOM BE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN. Here was another cause for deep sorrow which Paul felt cons...
The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
14-18 There is as much danger from false brethren, as from open enemies. It is dangerous having to do with those who would be enemies to such a man as Paul. The Christians at Rome were forward to mee...
AND THE LORD SHALL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK; faith riseth upon experiences, 1 SAMUEL 17:37,46 2 CORINTHIANS 1:10. By EVIL WORK may be understood any sin into which Paul might fall through tempt...
2 Timothy 4:18 And G2532 Lord G2962 deliver G4506 (G5695) me G3165 from G575 every G3956 evil G4190 work...
2 Timothy 4:18. SHALL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK. That thought, deliverance from evil, whether within or without, is more precious to the apostle than any deliverance from danger. The words in th...
WILL DELIVER ME (ρυσετα με). Future middle. Recall the Lord's Prayer. Paul is not afraid of death. He will find his triumph in death (Philippians 1:21).UNTO HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM (εις την βασιλειαν...
CONTENTS: Christ's faithful servant and the faithfulness of Christ to His own. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Demas, Timothy, Luke, Mark, Tychicus, Carpus, Alexander, Prisca, Aquila, Onesiphorus, Era...
2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God preach the word._ Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a wat...
AND THE LORD. Evidently not _from_ death, but _in_ death. Compare 2 Timothy 4:6. INTO HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM. This sounds a lot like Revelation 11:11-12. See note on Luke 16:31....
_All men forsook me._ PAUL, A CHRISTIAN’S EXAMPLE I. Paul forsaken, and yet forgiving those who had withdrawn from him. 1. The apostle was forsaken by his friends when most he needed them. 2. Paul...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:9 Conclusion. Paul closes with some final comments concerning travel, and greetings. The key themes of the letter continue even here....
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:18 WILL RESCUE ME. An assurance of ultimate well-being, not an assurance of release from his present danger (compare Luke 21:16). Paul expects
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 4:16. AT MY FIRST ANSWER.—R.V. “defence” (Gr. ἀπολογίᾳ). On his first appearance in the emperor’s court. NO ONE STOOD WITH ME.—R.V. “took my part,” _i.e._ as...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 _In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus _for _therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _and by _for _at, _A.V. and T.R. I CHARGE THEE (διαμαρτύρομαι...
Ver. 18. From the past the apostle turns to the future, giving expression in this respect also to his filial confidence: _The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and preserve me safe to His hea...
Paul said to Timothy, I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 4:1), Hey, that's heavy duty, man, when you charge a person before God and before the Lord Jesus Christ. Laying a...
1 Chronicles 4:10; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 5:11;...
Every evil work [ε κ ε ρ γ ο υ π ο ν η ρ ο υ]. Every design and attempt against him and his work. Ponhrov evil cannot be limited to evil on its active side. See on 1 Corinthians 5:13. The word is conn...
Mark, He doth not say, The Lord will deliver me from every evil worker, but FROM EVERY EVIL WORK; though he doth not save me from my temporal enemies, blessed be God my spiritual enemies shall never h...