2 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, (a) according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, (a) Sent of God to preach that life which he promised in Christ Jesus.... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, (a) according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, (a) Sent of God to preach that life which he promised in Christ Jesus.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1) I thank God, whom I serve from [my] (b) forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; (1) The purpose that he aims at in this epistle is to confirm Timothy to continue constantly and bravely even to the end. And he sets first befo... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou (c) stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. (2) He urges us to set the invincible power of the Spirit which God has given us, against those storms which may, and do come upon us. (c) The gift of God is as it were a... [ Continue Reading ]
For God hath not given us the spirit of (d) fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (d) To pierce us through, and terrify us, as men whom the Lord will destroy.... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me (e) his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the (f) gospel according to the (g) power of God; (3) He proves that the ignominy or shame of the cross is not to be ashamed of, and also that it is glorious and mo... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was (h) given us in Christ Jesus (i) before the world began, (4) He shows with how great benefits God has bound us to maintain boldly and constantly his glory w... [ Continue Reading ]
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to (k) light through the gospel: (k) Has caused life and immortality to appear.... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. (5) That is, the Gospel which the apostle preached.... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) For the which cause I also suffer these things: (7) nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. (6) He confirms his apostleship by a strange argument, that is, because the world c... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (8) He shows in what he ought to be most constant, that is, both in the doctrine itself, the essential parts of which are faith and charity, and next in the manner of teaching it, a livin... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) That good thing which was committed unto thee keep (10) by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. (9) An amplification, taken from the dignity of so great a benefit committed to the ministers. (10) The taking away of an objection. It is a hard thing to do it, but the Spirit of God is mighty, who... [ Continue Reading ]
(11) This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. (11) He prevents an offence which arose by the means of certain ones that fell from God and the faith, and utters also their names that they might be known by all men. But he sets a... [ Continue Reading ]