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2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord be with your spirit. This is directed to Timothy. It takes on deep meaning when compared with 2 Timothy 1:7-8; 2 Timothy 1:14; 2 Timothy 2:1-3; 2 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 3:5. God's grace be with you all. Paul uses the plural form of "you" to include all who are with Timothy (the whole church), or at least those who stood firmly in the truth. Johnson adds: "Shortly after this Letter was written, within a few months at most, Paul had his second hearing, was sentenced to death by execution, was led out of the city at the Ostian Gate to a place called the Three Fountains, and was there beheaded. At least all early tradition [traditional history], and the Fathers, among them Clement, one of his companions, support this view.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    2 TIMOTHY 4:22 ku,rioj {B} Three forms of text are current: (_a_) the shortest is o` ku,rioj meta. tou/ pneu,mato,j sou, read by a* Fgr G 33 1739 itg; (_b_) several witnesses expand by including VIhs...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH THY SPIRIT; - see Galatians 6:18; Romans 15:20. The subscription to this Epistle was not added by Paul himself, nor is there any evidence that it was by an inspired man,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    PAUL'S GROUNDS OF APPEAL (2 Timothy 4:1-5)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JESUS CHRIST. The texts omit, SPIRIT. App-101. GRACE. App-184. AMEN Omit,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The closing benediction is peculiar being twofold, first -with thy spirit" and then -with you," i.e. -thee and thine." _The Lord Jesus Christ_ The ms. authority is in favour of -The Lord" alone. Obser...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Last words of salutation, entreaty, benediction He takes up the thought of 2 Timothy 4:9, weaving in with it the new thought of his last greetings....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ. The rec. text adds Ἰησοῦς Χριστός with אcD2EKLP, the Latin, Syriac and Bohairic versions. א*G 17, which we have seen to be a strong combination in this Ep., omit these words as in text. The...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _TEXT 4:22_ 22 The Lord be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. _Thought Questions 4:22_ 239. In what sense did Paul believe the Lord could be with the spirit of Timothy? 240. If the Lord was wit...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    GRACE BE WITH YOU - plural; i:e., thee and the members of the Ephesian and neighbouring churches....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:22 your (a-7) Lit. 'thy spirit,' singular, but 'you' is plural....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματός σου : This expression, with ὑμῶν for σου, occurs in Galatians 6:18; Philemon 1:25; but in both those places it is “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with,” etc. Here a very clos...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Final salutations....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    CLOSING THOUGHTS Paul sent greetings to his tentmaking friends, Prisca and Aquila, who did so much to further the gospel (Acts 18:1-3; Acts 24:1-27; Acts 25:1-27;...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. These words are a fervent prayer, with which St. Paul divers times concludes his epistles; such is the prayer of the priest, when he turns...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH THY SPIRIT,.... To counsel and advise in every difficult matter; to comfort under every distress; to supply with all grace in every time of need; and to strengthen and fi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The Lord Jesus Christ _be_ with thy spirit. Grace _be_ with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Salute Prisca_ This word is a contraction of the name Priscilla; or, as Estius supposes, Priscilla may be the diminutive of Prisca. _Erastus abode at Corinth_ When I came from thence, being chamberla...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CONCLUDING REMARKS AND GREETING....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH THY SPIRIT. GRACE BE WITH YOU. AMEN. According to his custom Paul closes his letter with greetings. Prisca, or Priscilla, and Aquila, his hosts at Corinth and later his c...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    19-22 We need no more to make us happy, than to have the Lord Jesus Christ with our spirits; for in him all spiritual blessings are summed up. It is the best prayer we can offer for our friends, that...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH THY SPIRIT; se the like, GALATIANS 6:18 PHILEMON 1:25. GRACE BE WITH YOU; the free grace of God, it its various emanations, suited to all your necessities, be with you. A...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Timothy 4:22 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 with G3326 your G4675 spirit G4151 Grace G5485 with G3326 you

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    2 Timothy 4:22. The only point to be noted is the union of the personal and the general prayers for blessing: THE LORD BE WITH _THY_ SPIRIT. GRACE BE WITH _YOU._...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 2 Timothy 4:19_ A Martyr’s Last Words— I. BREATHE THE SPIRIT OF LOVE TOWARDS TRIED AND FAITHFUL FRIENDS.—“Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphoru...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    Ver. 22. _The Lord be with thy spirit._ (This is the shortest and probably the correct reading, that of א, F, G; some authorities add Jesus after Lord, and others Jesus Christ.) _Grace be with you._...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 16:23; 1 Peter 5:14; 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Corinthians 13:14;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Comp. ajkaireisqai to have leisure or opportunity, Mark 6:31; 1 Corinthians 16:12 : eujkairia opportunity, Matthew 26:16 : eukairov seasonable, convenient,...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    The apostle concludes this, like his other epistles, with an apostolical benediction, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH THY SPIRIT; as if he had said, "Be not sad at my departure; for, though. must leave...

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