2 Timothy 1:1
FROM PAUL, AN APOSTLE. See notes on 1 Timothy 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM PAUL, AN APOSTLE. See notes on 1 Timothy 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO TIMOTHY, MY DEAR SON. He was "true son" in the First Letter. There is a different feeling (empathy) in this Second Letter. Paul says more about love, and seems less confident about Timothy. Some think this implies that Paul had doubts about Timothy's ability to _stand up_ under the problems which... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOM I SERVE WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE. The _circumcision party_ said Paul was a traitor to God because he preached the Good News to the Gentiles without forcing them to convert to Judaism. But Paul could say truthfully that he had a clear conscience (see note on Acts 23:1). He was doing what God had... [ Continue Reading ]
I REMEMBER YOUR TEARS. Compare Acts 20:37; 2 Corinthians 2:4; Philemon 1:7. Timothy is Paul's dear friend!... [ Continue Reading ]
I REMEMBER. Compare Ephesians 1:15. THE KIND OF FAITH. Timothy was a second-generation Christian. See note on Acts 16:1 and introduction to First Timothy. Note also the _chain of influence_ which began with this devout grandmother.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THIS REASON. "Because I am sure that you do have this sincere faith." KEEP ALIVE THE GIFT. This is the gift which God gave him. This means it is a supernormal _gift from the Spirit._ See note on 1 Timothy 4:14. The gift was evidently _the ability to direct others_ (compare 1 Corinthians 12:28 an... [ Continue Reading ]
DOES NOT MAKE US TIMID. The _Expositor's Greek Testament_ says us refers to The Christian Society (messianic community). See Romans 8:15 and note. POWER = courage. See Acts 4:31 and note. LOVE. Christians are not motivated by selfish spirit seen in the Jewish leaders and the Circumcision Party, who... [ Continue Reading ]
DO NOT BE ASHAMED. (1) _of witnessing._ [_Witness:_ to attest, testify, furnish proof of, things known or believed to be true (Webster).] (2) _of me,_ See 1 Corinthians 4:8-9 and notes. The ghastly things happening to Paul are a humiliation and disgrace. Timothy cannot escape the effects of this, an... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAVED US. "God gives us our strength! He called us to be his own people (John 6:44-45)_."_ NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE. He mentions this in Titus 3:3-5; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:8-10_. Romans ch. 9_ examines this. BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. See Ephesians 3:9-11; 1 Corinthians 2:7-10 and no... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW IT HAS BEEN REVEALED. See Luke 1:78; 1 Timothy 2:5-7. HE HAS ENDED. See Hebrews 2:14-15. Christ is the guarantee of our eternal life!... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD HAS APPOINTED ME. See 1 Timothy 2:7 and note.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT IS FOR THIS REASON. This implies that the unbelieving Jews are the cause of his second imprisonment. Compare Acts 22:21-22; Ephesians 3:1 (which show the cause of his first imprisonment). Christ said it would be this way (John 16:33; Matthew 10:34-39). BUT I AM STILL FULL OF CONFIDENCE. "I kn... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLD TO THE TRUE WORDS. This is the thing which was entrusted to Paul, and which he _passed on_ to Timothy. These _true words_ (the Christian System) are the example for him to follow (also for every Christian to follow). FAITH AND LOVE. These are two strengths and weapons which false teachers canno... [ Continue Reading ]
KEEP THE GOOD THINGS. "Guard them, preserve them intact!" THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Paul's confidence in God (2 Timothy 1:12) is that He will supply the power (2 Timothy 1:7)_! This does not take away the human element, therefore Paul places this_ obligation _on Timothy._... [ Continue Reading ]
DESERTED me. _MacKnight_ thinks only the teachers of the Circumcision Party are meant, possibly some who had followed him to Rome. Timothy is himself in the province of Asia, also Tychicus. (2 Timothy 4:12). There was a real danger that the Jewish Christians would allow certain false teachers to tur... [ Continue Reading ]
ONESIPHORUS. Paul prays for this brother's family in this _verse,_ and for him in 2 Timothy 1:18. Both _Johnson_ and _MacKnight_ think he was still living at this time. But he may also be in prison, waiting to be executed as was Paul. He had placed himself in danger by visiting Paul in prison and he... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AS SOON. He came to Rome from Ephesus, and immediately searched through the different prisons to find Paul.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THAT DAY. The Day of Judgment. Remember Paul was friendless and alone, surrounded by his enemies, when Onesiphorus came to him! Compare Hebrews 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]