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Verse 13. _IF WE BELIEVE NOT_] Should we deny the faith and
apostatize, he is the same, as true to his threatenings as to his
promises; _he cannot deny _- act contrary to, himself....
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IF WE BELIEVE NOT, YET HE ABIDETH FAITHFUL - This cannot mean that, if
we live in sin, he will certainly save us, as if he had made any
promise to the elect, or formed any purpose that he would save t...
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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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THE CHAIN OF TEACHING (2 Timothy 2:1-2)...
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This is a saying which can be relied upon:
If we die with him, we shall also live with him. If we endure, we
shall also reign with him. If we deny him, he too will deny us. If we
are faithless, he re...
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BELIEVE NOT. are unbelieving. Greek. _apieteo._ Acts 28:24.
ABIDETH. See p. 1511.
HE. The texts prefix "For".
CANNOT. is not (App-105.) able to....
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A yet higher illustration from God's own plan of salvation the Cross
before the Crown
Just as in the first chapter St Paul appeals first to Timothy's
sympathies and experiences of an earthly kind to...
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_if we believe not_ R.V. IF WE ARE FAITHLESS giving both the play of
words in the contrast -he abideth faithful" and the stronger force
required for the climax; as -sovereignty" is better than -life,...
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ΓΆΡ. אcK omit this, as does the rec. text; but the MS. authority
is decisive for its retention.
13. ΕἸ�, ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ ΠΙΣΤῸΣ ΜΈΝΕΙ. _If we are
faithless, He abideth faithful_. The last clause gives a sole...
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FRAGMENT OF A HYMN ON THE GLORIES OF MARTYRDOM...
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ΆΠΙΣΤΟΫ́ΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΙΣΤΈΩ (G569)
быть неверным, не быть преданным. О
префиксе альфа _см._ Moorhouse, 47ff.
ΜΈΝΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306)
оставаться,
ΆΡΝΉΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med....
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DISCOURSE: 2247
THE EQUITY OF GOD’S PROCEDURE
2 Timothy 2:11. _It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him,
we shall also live with him: if we suffer, we shall also reign with
him: if we deny...
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IF WE BELIEVE NOT,— _If we are unfaithful,—yet he continues
faithful;_ [as well in his threatenings as in his promises;] _he
cannot contradict himself._ Heylin. A man may be _unfaithful,_ by
denying t...
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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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If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
BELIEVE NOT - `if we are unbelieving' [ apistoumen (G569)]; continued
unbelief: a further step than 'denying' (2 Timothy 2:12), w...
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8 The literal resurrection of Christ as the Seed of David seems to be
the apostle's answer to the theory of a spiritual resurrection. The
Seed of David can be nothing less than a literal Man.
10 'The...
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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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HE ABIDETH FAITHFUL] We have been admitted into covenant with Him, and
whatever we may do, He will observe the terms of the agreement,
whether they bring us good or evil.
14-21. Urgent charge to Timo...
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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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IF WE BELIEVE NOT. — Better rendered, _if we are faithless_ — that
is, untrue to the vows of our Christian profession. The faithlessness
implies more than mere unbelief in any of the fundamental doctr...
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CHAPTER 32
THE NEED OF A SOLEMN CHARGE AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL SPIRIT, OF
DILIGENCE FREE FROM SHAME, AND OF A HATRED OF THE PROFANITY WHICH
WRAPS UP ERROR IN THE LANGUAGE OF TRUTH. - 2 Timothy 2:14
W...
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εἰ ἀπιοτοῦμεν : It is reasonable to hold that the sense
of ἀπιστέω in this place must be determined by the antithesis
of πιστὸς μένει. Now πιστός, as applied to God, must
mean _faithful_ (Deuteronomy...
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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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“APPROVED UNTO GOD”
2 Timothy 2:10
_ The elect_, 2 Timothy 2:10: The Apostle sketches the experiences of
the elect soul. It must endure, suffer, and die with Christ, that out
of its surrender may com...
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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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ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONTINUE DESPITE SUFFERING
The Christian's constant source of strength during times of trial is
Jesus Christ. That he was a man is plainly seen in his being the seed
of David (Romans...
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If we believe not; i.e. if we refuse to believe in God, or if after
having believed, we depart from our faith, the Almighty still
continues faithful; he is still what he was. Our believing in him
cann...
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(11) It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall
also live with him: (12) If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:
if we deny him, he also will deny us: (13) If we believe not, ye...
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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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_UNCHANGING FAITHFULNESS_
‘If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful: He cannot deny
himself.’
2 Timothy 2:13
There is no believer in the whole world—however long he may have
believed, and however...
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13_If we are unbelieving, he remaineth faithful _The meaning is, that
our base desertion takes nothing from the Son of God or from his
glory; because, having everything in himself, he stands in no nee...
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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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IF WE BELIEVE NOT, YET HE ABIDETH FAITHFUL,.... The Syriac and
Ethiopic versions read, "if we believe not him". This may be
understood, either of such who are altogether destitute of faith, who
do not...
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If we believe not, _yet_ he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Ver. 13. _If we believe not_] _See Trapp on "_ Rom 3:3 _"_ Some sense
it thus: though we prove perfidious, yet he is no loser by...
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_It is a faithful saying_ A saying as important as it is true. _If we
be dead_ Greek, συναπεθανομεν, _die_, or _have died, with
him_ To the world and sin, and be ready to die for him; _we shall live
w...
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FAITHFUL; to all his promises and threatenings.
DENY HIMSELF; be untrue to his own character and declarations. The
words CAN and CANNOT, like many other words in the Bible, are used in
different sens...
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AN ADMONITION TO FAITHFULNESS IN FAITH AND CHRISTIAN CONDUCT....
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IF WE BELIEVE NOT, YET HE ABIDETH FAITHFUL; HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF.
Faithfulness in the ministerial office, indeed, in any office in the
Church, depends on the certainty of the Christian faith. For th...
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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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8-13 Let suffering saints remember, and look to Jesus, the Author and
Finisher of their faith, who for the joy that was set before him,
endured the cross, despised the shame, and is now set down at t...
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IF WE BELIEVE NOT, YET HE ABIDETH FAITHFUL; whether we believe or
believe not, or whether we be faithful to our trust or be not, yet God
will show himself faithful, either to his promises made to them...
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2 Timothy 2:13 If G1487 faithless G569 (G5719) He G1565 remains G3306
(G5719) faithful G4103 cannot G3756...
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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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HE REMAIN FAITHFUL. Even if we turn away from him, he will be faithful
to every promise, and every threat!!! See Romans 3:4 and note....
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_If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful._
FAITHLESS
“If we are faithless”--that is, untrue to the vows of our
Christian profession, the faithlessness implies more than mere
unbelief in any of th...
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2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 2:11 In this context, to DENY Christ
means a final rejection of him. This is not merely a temporary lapse
in one’s faith (IF WE ARE FAITHLESS)....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Timothy 2:9. I SUFFER TROUBLE.—R.V. “hardship.” AS AN
EVIL-DOER.—He is treated as one would be whose whole aim was to do
evil—a constant menace to society. UNTO BOND...
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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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Vers. 11-13. _Faithful is the saying, For if we died with Him, we
shall also live with Him._ Does the saying point to what precedes, or
to what follows? Commentators are divided on the question; and a...
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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 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Hebrews 6:18; Isaiah 25:1;...
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If we believe not [ε ι α π ι σ τ ο υ μ ε ν]. Better, are
faithless or untrue to him. Comp. Romans 3:3. In Pastorals only here.
Faithful [π ι σ τ ο ς]. True to his own nature, righteous
character, and...
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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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If we believe not — That is, though some believe not, God will make
good all his promises to them that do believe. He cannot deny himself
— His word cannot fail....