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2 Timothy 1:15-18
A Sad Warning and a Bright Example
The connexion is: -Many faithless ones failed me; be thou faithful all the more: the faith and practice of an Onesiphorus may surely be thine."
A Sad Warning and a Bright Example
The connexion is: -Many faithless ones failed me; be thou faithful all the more: the faith and practice of an Onesiphorus may surely be thine."
Verse 15. _ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA_] It seems as if the apostle must refer to the Asiatic Christians which were then at Rome, or had been lately there. Finding the apostle in disgrace, and thinking...
THIS THOU KNOWEST, THAT ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA BE TURNED AWAY FROM ME - That is, in that part of Asia Minor of which Ephesus was the capital. The name Asia was often given particularly to that par...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PAUL'S PERSONAL WORD TO TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Paul's affectionate words and confidence (2 Timothy 1:1)_ 2. Difficulties and assurance (2 Timothy 1:6) 3. Holding the fo...
(_c_) 2 Timothy 1:15. A PERSONAL APPEAL._ The apostle's earlier disappointments_ form the third ground of appeal. All his Asian friends perhaps by withholding help in his captivity had proved disloyal...
AN APOSTLE'S GLORY AND AN APOSTLE'S PRIVILEGE (2 Timothy 1:1-7)...
You know this, that as a whole the people who live in Asia deserted me, and among the deserters are Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord give mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refr...
BE TURNED. turned. PHYGELLUS, &c. Nothing is known of these two....
THE LONELINESS OF ST PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF ONESIPHORUS...
ΦΎΓΕΛΟΣ. So all uncials except A which has Φύγελλος, the spelling of the rec. text. 15. ΟἾΔΑΣ. Note the difference between οἶδας here, signifying general, hearsay, knowledge, which was all that Timot...
ΟΊΔΑΣ _perf. ind. act. 2 pers. sing. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ (VA, 281-87). ΆΠΕΣΤΡΆΦΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΑΠΟΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G654) отворачиваться от чего-л., дезертиров...
THAT ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA, BE TURNED AWAY— Hereby was the prophesy fulfilled, Acts 20:29. The _Asiatics_ were infamous for their cowardice and effeminacy. St. Paul, it has been thought, alludes...
c. Onesiphorus 2 Timothy 1:15-18 _TEXT 1:15-18_ 15 This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16 The Lord grant mercy unto the house of On...
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA - Proconsular Asia. 'all there now, when they were in Rom...
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...
EXPRESSIONS OF AFFECTION AND EXHORTATIONS TO FAITHFULNESS 1, 2. Salutation. According to the promise of life] St. Paul declares himself appointed an Apostle with the view of his spreading the knowled...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER THE WRITER AND TO WHOM HE WROTE At the end of the book of Acts, the *apostle Paul was still in pri...
THIS THOU KNOWEST, THAT ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA BE TURNED AWAY FROM ME. — This sad desertion of friends is well known to thee. Instead of being dispirited by it, and by my arrest and close imprison...
CHAPTER 28 THE HEARTLESSNESS OF PHYGELUS AND HERMOGENES-THE DEVOTION OF ONESIPHORUS-PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. - 2 Timothy 1:15 WE have here one of the arguments which St. Paul makes use of in urging his...
οἶδας τοῦτο : There is a personal appeal for loyalty in this reminder. The whole paragraph, with its examples cited of disloyalty and loyalty, was intended as an object lesson to Timothy. ἀπεστράφησά...
to 2 Timothy 2:2. The leading thoughts in this section are (_a_) the Day of reward and judgment which is surely coming (2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:18), (_b_) the unreasonableness therefore of cowardl...
“HOLD THE PATTERN OF SOUND WORDS” 2 Timothy 1:12 How striking Paul's reference to the double committal, as if there had been an agreed exchange between his Master and himself! Paul had handed over to...
The second letter to Timothy was written from prison. Paul, conscious of the evil existing in the Church, forecast the terrible days that were coming. He was conscious also of the grave responsibility...
AN INJUNCTION TO STEADFASTNESS The apostle urged Timothy to hold tight to the “pattern of sound words.” The word translated "pattern" is the Greek word hupo-tuposis. Joseph Thayer, in his Greek-Englis...
(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 fr...
All they who are in Asia, are turned away from me. That is, all who are of Asia, or all the Asiatics now at Rome, where I am prisoner, have withdrawn themselves from me, now when I am in danger; but h...
(14) That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. (15) В¶ This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus...
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...
15_Thou knowest that all that are in Asia have forsaken me _Those apostasies which he mentions might have shaken the hearts of many, and given rise, at the same time, to many suspicions; as we commonl...
The Second Epistle to Timothy has a very peculiar character. It is the expression of his heart, who out side Palestine had, under God, founded and built the assembly of God on earth, and it was writte...
THIS THOU KNOWEST, THAT ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA,.... Either those that followed the apostle from Asia to Rome; or who came from thence thither, upon business, and were upon the spot when the apostl...
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. Ver. 15. _All they which are in Asia_] All the ministers there. These stars fell from...
_This thou knowest_ Of this thou hast received information; _that all they which are in Asia_ He appears to mean those of Asia who were known to him by a profession of Christianity, and who had attend...
ALL THEY-IN ASIA; Asia in the narrower sense, the proconsular province of Asia, of which Ephesus was the capital. The word "all" is to be understood popularly of a general defection, for he immediatel...
PAUL'S SORROWFUL AND CHEERFUL EXPERIENCES. 2 Timothy 1:15...
THIS THOU KNOWEST, THAT ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA BE TURNED AWAY FROM ME; OF WHOM ARE PHYGELLUS AND HERMOGENES....
Despite the fact of his heart being so drawn out in this epistle, Paul writes as "an apostle," not as a servant, nor even as a brother. Does this not stress the strongly authoritative character of tha...
15-18 The apostle mentions the constancy of Onesiphorus; he oft refreshed him with his letters, and counsels, and comforts, and was not ashamed of him. A good man will seek to do good. The day of dea...
THIS THOU KNOWEST: probably as to some he had a personal knowledge of their apostacy, as to others he knew it by information, which Paul confirmeth. THAT ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA BE TURNED AWAY FROM...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics that certain men, like Phygellus, and Hermogenes, and Philetus, and Hymenµus, deserted His apostle:[32] Tertullian Against Hermogenes and has also faile...
2 Timothy 1:15 This G5124 know G1492 (G5758) that G3754 all G3956 in G1722 Asia G773 from G654 ...
2 Timothy 1:15. THIS THOU KNOWEST. With a singular naturalness, the apostle turns from his earnest exhortation to what we may call the ‘news' of his letter. Yet it is not altogether news. He is tellin...
ARE TURNED AWAY FROM ME (απεστραφησαν με). Second aorist passive (still transitive here with με) of αποστρεφω, for which verb see Titus 1:14. For the accusative with these passive deponents see Robe...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,_ Paul takes high ground. He is not an apostle by the will of the Church...
CONTENTS: Apostolic greetings and exhortations to Timothy. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Eunice, Phygelus, Hermogenes, Onesiphorus. CONCLUSION: The best of Christ's servants ne...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus._ On this promise of eternal life the whole system of revelation is built; for this cause Paul was made an apostle, that...
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...
_All they which are in Asia be turned away from me._ TO REVOLT AND TURN FROM OUR FORMER PROFESSION IS A FOUL FAULT AND GREAT OFFENCE For Paul doth complain against it, and sets it down as a sin to be...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 1:15 ASIA was the Roman province in which Ephesus, Timothy’s current place of service, was located. ALL... TURNED AWAY FROM ME. Key people who could have supported Paul fai...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 1:15. TURNED AWAY FROM ME.—This does not mean that they had departed from the place where he was, but that they had turned away their faces from him. 2 Timo...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 1:1 _Christ Jesus _for _Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _the life _for _life, _A.V. The life is a little clearer than _life, _as showing that "life" (not "promise") is the antecede...
Ver. 15. A few sad notices are now introduced of persons who had failed to do toward the suffering cause of Christ in the apostle what he had been earnestly pressing upon Timothy. _Thou hnowest that a...
Shall we turn now to second Timothy? This is the last epistle that Paul wrote. He is again in prison in Rome. It would seem that he was released from the first imprisonment and allowed a little more t...
1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:10; 2 Timothy 4:16; Acts 16:6;...
In Asia. Proconsular Asia, known as Asia Propria or simply Asia. It was the Romans province formed out of the kingdom of Pergamus, which was bequeathed to the Romans by Attalus III (B. C. 130), includ...
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A CHRISTIAN 2 Timothy 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is a mistake to imagine that those who walk with Christ will find a level pathway without any valley or any mountain top, a path...
All who are in Asia — Who had attended me at Rome for a while. Are turned away from me — What, from Paul the aged, the faithful soldier, and now prisoner of Christ! This was a glorious trial, and wise...
By ALL IN ASIA, we are to understand very many, almost all, not every individual person: Some think they were teachers in Asia, others that they were private Christians; some that they were his compan...