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Verse 6. _THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH_] That is: The _husbandman_
must _first_ till his ground before he can expect a crop; and he must
till it according to the proper _rules_ of _agriculture_, els...
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THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH - The margin is, “labouring first,
must be partaker.” The idea, according to the translation in the
text, is, that there is a fitness or propriety (δει dei) that the
man...
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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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It is the toiling husbandman who must be first to receive his share of
the fruits. Think of what I am saying, for the Lord will give you
understanding in all things.
To represent the Christian life P...
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THE CHAIN OF TEACHING (2 Timothy 2:1-2)...
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FIRST, &c.. the first to partake....
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_The husbandman that laboureth_ This third illustration is well known
from St Paul's use, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9, where the substantive
corresponding to -farmer" or -husbandman" occurs. -Ye are God's
hus...
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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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_c._ THE EXAMPLE OF THE HUSBANDMAN
6. ΤῸΝ ΚΟΠΙΩ͂ΝΤΑ ΓΕΩΡΓῸΝ ΔΕΙ͂ Κ.Τ.Λ., _the
husbandman that laboureth must first_, sc. before him who is lazy and
careless, _partake of the fruits_. The emphatic word...
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THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH, &C.— Or _The husbandman must first
labour, to partake of the fruits._ Heylin, and Bowyer....
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d.
As a farmer 2 Timothy 2:6-13
_TEXT 2:6-13_
6 The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the
fruits. 7 Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee
understanding in all thin...
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The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
MUST BE FIRST (BEFORE ALL OTHERS) PARTAKER. The right of first
partaking of the fruits belongs to him who is not merely a farmer...
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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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2:6 labour (f-4) It might be rendered, 'The labouring husbandman ought
to be the first to partake (as Hebrews 6:7 ) of the fruits.' But the
sense is that he must work first in order to partake....
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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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THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH MUST BE FIRST PARTAKER OF THE FRUITS.
— Again the picture is painted from every-day life. “The
husbandman that laboureth” — with an emphasis upon “that
laboureth” — is th...
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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 difficulty in this verse is that the principle here laid down
seems to be employed in 1 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Corinthians 9:9, as an
argument from analogy in support of the liberty of Christian minis...
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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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“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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(4) The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the
fruits.
(4) Another similarity with respect to the same matter: no man may
look for the harvest, unless he first take pains to plow and...
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_The husbandman who laboureth [3] must first partake. Both the Latin
and Greek texts admit of two interpretations: the sense may either be,
that it is fitting the husbandman partake first and before o...
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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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6_The husbandman must labor before he receive the fruits _I am well
aware that others render this passage differently; and I acknowledge
that they translate, word for word, what Paul has written in Gr...
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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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THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH,.... In manuring his ground, in
ploughing, in sowing, in weeding, in reaping, c.
MUST BE FIRST PARTAKER OF THE FRUITS of his labour, before others; and
the design may be...
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The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
Ver. 6. _The husbandman labouring first_] _Spes alit agricolas. Nae
illi falsi sunt_ (saith Salhst, in Jugur.) _qui diversissimas r...
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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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THE HUSBANDMAN; must first labor, according to the laws which God has
established, before he can be partaker of the fruits. So with
ministers. Verses 2 Timothy 2:4-5....
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THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABORETH MUST BE FIRST PARTAKER OF THE FRUITS....
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ADMONITION TO FAITHFULNESS IN THE MINISTRY....
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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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THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH, MUST BE FIRST PARTAKER OF THE FRUITS:
Or, the husbandman laboring first must be partaker of the fruits...
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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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As the apostle had before compared the minister of the gospel to a
soldier, and from thence concluded his duty not to entangle himself
unnecessarily in secular employments; and to those that exercised...
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2 Timothy 2:6 hard-working G2872 (G5723) farmer G1092 be G1163 (G5748)
first G4413 partake G3335 (G5721) crops...
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2 Timothy 2:6. THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH. The Greek, which
expresses the qualifying clause by a present participle, implies
labour during the (harvest or vintage rather than in the earlier
stages...
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THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH
(τον κοπιωντα γεωργον). "The toiling tiller of the
soil" (γεωργον, from γη and εργω, worker of the earth).
See γεωργιον (field) in 1 Corinthians 3:9 and also 1
Corinth...
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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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FIRST SHARE OF THE HARVEST. The farmer receives his share, no matter
how poor the crop may be, because he has worked. "The soldier gives up
civilian life; the athlete obeys the rules; the farmer works...
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_The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits._
THE LABORING HUSBANDMAN
The order of the Greek shows that the emphatic word is “labours.”
It is the labouring husbandman who must...
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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. 6. _The toiling;_ (κοπιῶντα, hard-working) _husbandman
must first partake of the fruits,_ or, must be first in partaking of
them; his very character as a man of hard labour gives him in this
resp...
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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 3:6; 1 Corinthians 9:23; 1 Corinthians 9:7; Hebrews
10:36;...
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The husbandman that laboreth [τ ο ν κ ο π ι ω ν τ α γ ε
ω ρ γ ο ν]. The verb implies hard. wearisome toil. See on 1
Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:12. Gewrgov Husbandman, only here
in Pastorals....
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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...
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Unless he labour first, he will reap no fruit....