Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

2 Timothy 4:5

νῆφε : Be sober (R.V.). Sobrius esto ([315]). vigila (Vulg.) [but Vulg. Clem. inserts Sobrius esto at end of verse]. So A.V., watch, and Chrys. Sober is certainly right in 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:8; but in 1Pe 1:13; 1 Peter 4:7, and perhaps 1 Peter 5:8, to be watchful or alert seems more appropriate.

[315] The Latin text of Codex Claromontanus (sæc. vi.), a Græco-Latin MS. at Paris, edited by Tischendorf in 1852.

ἔργον εὐαγγελιστοῦ : The office of evangelist is mentioned Acts 21:8; Ephesians 4:11. The evangelist was an itinerant preacher who had not the supervising functions of an apostle, nor the inspiration of a prophet; though both apostle and prophet did, inter alia, the work of evangelist. This was in all likelihood the work to which Timothy had originally been called. St. Paul here reminds him that in the faithful performance of what might seem to be subordinate duties lies the best preservative of the Church from error. Note, that the office of an episcopus is also an ἔργον, 1 Timothy 3:1, cf. 1 Corinthians 16:10; Philippians 2:30, Ephesians 4:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:13.

τὴν διακονίαν σον πληροφόρησον : fulfil. According to Chrys., this does not differ from πλήρωσον. See Colossians 4:17; Acts 12:25. For διακονία, ministry or service in general, see 1 Timm. 2 Timothy 1:12.

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