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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

2 Timothy 1:2

my dearly beloved son Or my beloved child. -Child" as in 1 Timothy 1:1; -beloved" in place of -mine own," but surely not a weaker word, when we remember its use to express -the only begotten," Matthew 3:17.

mercy Omitted in the greeting to Titus is in both the letters to Timothy, and may imply St Paul's inner oneness with his -beloved child" in the feeling -he shewed me allthe mercy as he shewed me allthe sin." Cf. note 1 Timothy 1:2. All is -writ large" in 2 Timothy 1:8.

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See also 2 Timothy 1:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Timothy 1:2. _TO TIMOTHY_, MY _DEARLY BELOVED SON_] See the note in 1 Timothy 1:2....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TO TIMOTHY, MY DEARLY BELOVED SON; - See the notes at 1 Timothy 1:2. GRACE, MERCY, AND PEACE - see the notes at Romans 1:7....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    INTRODUCTORY SALUTATION (2 TIMOTHY 1:1 F.) AND THANKSGIVING (2 TIMOTHY 1:3). For the official form of salutation _cf._ 1 Timothy 1:1 f.* Moved by affectionate remembrance, Paul, thanks God for some re...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    This is a letter from Paul, who was made an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and whose apostleship was designed to make known to all men God's promise of real life in Christ Jesus, to Timot...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    AN APOSTLE'S GLORY AND AN APOSTLE'S PRIVILEGE (2 Timothy 1:1-7)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DEARLY BELOVED. App-135. SON. App-108. GRACE. App-184. FROM. App-104. FATHER. App-98. LORD. App-98. Compare Philippians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Timothy

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Before Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ א* and some cursives insert κυρίου, reading κυρίου Χρ. Ἰησ. τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν. 2. ἈΓΑΠΗΤΩ͂Ι ΤΈΚΝΩΙ. It is γνησίῳ τέκνῳ in 1 Timothy 1:2 and Titus 1:4; but the change in phrase is ha...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1, 2. SALUTATION...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΑΓΑΠΗΤΌΣ возлюбленный, ΤΈΚΝΟΝ (G5043) дитя. Выражение привязанности. ΈΛΕΟΣ (G1656) милость (_см._ 1 Timothy 1:2)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    INTRODUCTION 1:1-5 SALUTATION 2 Timothy 1:1-2 _TEXT 1:1, 2_ 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 to Timothy,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. MY DEARLY BELOVED SON. In 1 Timothy 1:2 and Titus 1:4, written earlier, the expression is...

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

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TO TIMOTHY, MY DEARLY BELOVED SON. — More accurately, (_my_) _beloved son._ The words used in the address of the First Epistle were “my own son” (γνησίω̩ τέκνω_̩_). The change in the words was probabl...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 2 1 Timothy TIMOTHY THE BELOVED DISCIPLE OF ST. PAUL-HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.- 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2 IN the relation of St. Paul to Timothy we have one of those beautiful friendships b...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἀγαπητῷ : On the variation here from γνησίῳ, which occurs in 1 Timothy 1:2 and Titus 1:4, see the note in the former place. 2 Timothy 1:5 (“the unfeigned faith that is in thee”) proves that St. Paul d...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Salutation....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “STIR UP THE GIFT WHICH IS IN THEE” 2 Timothy 1:1 Lonely and facing death the Apostle fell back on the bedrock of the will of God. If it were the divine plan that he should finish his life-work in th...

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

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    GREETINGS That God's will and his commandment are one and the same can be seen by comparing the opening words of the first and second letters to Timothy. Further, such comparison will remind that the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) В¶ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, (2) To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Fath...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2_My beloved son _By this designation he not only testifies his love of Timothy, but procures respect and submission to him; because he wishes to be acknowledged in him, as one who may justly be calle...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    TO TIMOTHY, MY DEARLY BELOVED SON,.... Not in a natural, but in a spiritual sense; and not on account of his being an instrument of his conversion, but by reason of that instruction in the doctrines o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    To Timothy, _my_ dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, _and_ peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Ver. 2. _Grace, mercy, and peace_] _See Trapp on "_ 1Ti 1:2 _"_...

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

    _Paul, an apostle by the will of God_ See 1 Corinthians 1:1; _according to the promise of life_ Appointed to exhibit, by preaching the gospel, and to bring men to, eternal life, promised by God to all...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    BELOVED SON; spiritually, Paul having been the means of his conversion. When true religion leads one person to be the means of converting another, it forms between them a most affectionate and lasting...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 The promise of eternal life to believers in Christ Jesus, is the leading subject of ministers who are employed according to the will of God. The blessings here named, are the best we can ask for...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "1 TIMOTHY 1:2"; there he calls him his _own son, _ testifying his relation, here his _beloved son, _ to testify his affection to him. The salutation is the same with that in 1 TIMOTHY 1:...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Timothy 1:1-18:2 Timothy G5095 beloved G27 son G5043 Grace G5485 mercy G1656 peace G1515 from G575 God G2316

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

    2 Timothy 1:2. MY DEARLY BELOVED SON. The change of epithet from the ‘ _true_ son' of the First Epistle may be only a casual variation without any conscious purpose. To the extent, however, in which w...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    BELOVED (αγαπητο). Instead of γνησιω (genuine) in 1 Timothy 1:2. He had already called Timothy αγαπητον (verbal adjective of αγαπαω) in 1 Corinthians 4:17, an incidental and strong proof that it is...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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:_ There is the greatest possible affe...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    TO TIMOTHY, MY DEAR SON. He was "true son" in the First Letter. There is a different feeling (empathy) in this Second Letter. Paul says more about love, and seems less confident about Timothy. Some th...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    TIMOTHY Timothy, my beloved child. 2 Timothy 1:2. Timothy was the youngest and best-loved of St. Paul's fellow-workers. He was to St. Paul what St. John was to Jesus the disciple whom he loved, the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 1:1 Opening. Paul begins this letter in his standard way. As he awaits death, he reminds Timothy that the purpose of his work as an apostle has been to proclaim the gospel,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 1:1. ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE.—The purport of the promise. 2 Timothy 1:2. MY DEARLY BELOVED SON.—The translators perhaps thought the simple “beloved” too c...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    Ver. 2. _To Timothy,_ [_my_] _beloved child._ I cannot but regard it as a very frivolous question, to ask here, with some commentators, why the apostle should have addressed Timothy as his _beloved_ ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 1:2; Philippians 4:1; Romans 1:7; Romans 12:19...

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

    Dearly beloved [α γ α π η τ ω]. Better, beloved. (Comp. 1 Corinthians 4:17. In 1 Timothy 1:2, Timothy is addressed as gnhsiov, and Tit. in Titus 1:4....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SEVEN BIBLE MOTHERS 2 Timothy 1:1; _2 Timothy 3:13_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are studying a theme today which should have in it much of value to every one of us; even the men and the young men love mot...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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