2 Timothy 2:2. The things that thou hast heard. Probably the same as the ‘sound words' of 2 Timothy 1:18.

Among many witnesses. Better ‘ with' or ‘ through,' the presence of the witnesses, presbyters and others, being thought of as a condition of the act referred to. This, as the right rendering, ‘ which thou heardest, ' implies, was a charge as to the substance of the Christian faith delivered when Timothy was appointed by the laying on of hands to his special work.

Commit thou. The idea of the trust or deposit is continued. There is to be a perpetuation of the trust, and each man's work for the time being is to choose faithful successors, who in their turn shall teach what they have learnt to others.

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Old Testament