The things that thou hast heard-among many witnesses; the solemn charge of doctrine and practice committed by the apostle to Timothy in the presence of many witnesses. Ability and disposition to teach the truths of gospel from love to God and to men, are essential qualifications in ministers of Christ; and none who do not possess them, should be introduced into the sacred office.
Verse 2 Timothy 2:2. _THE THINGS THAT THOU HAST HEARD OF ME_] Those doctrines which I have preached the most publicly, and which many persons can attest. But he seems to refer here to the doctrines d...
AND THE THINGS WHICH THOU HAST HEARD OF ME AMONG MANY WITNESSES - Margin, “by.” Before, or in the presence of, many witnesses. Perhaps he refers to a solemn charge which he gave him, in the presence o...
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) 4
(_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...
As for you, my child, find your strength in the grace which is in Christ Jesus; and entrust the things which you have heard from me, and which are confirmed by many witnesses, to faithful men who will...
THE CHAIN OF TEACHING (2 Timothy 2:1-2)...
OF. App-104. AMONG. by means of. App-104. 2 Timothy 2:1. THE SAME. these. faithful. App-160. MEN. App-123. WHO. such as. ABLE competent. See 2 Corinthians 2:16 (sufficient). OTHERS. App-124. No r...
the things _that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses_ -Of" in the sense of FROM as in 2 Timothy 1:13; - AMONG," i.e. -in the presence of according to the well-known use of the same preposition...
Personal and Ministerial Zeal enforced by Parables from the life of the Soldier, the Athlete and the Farmer The Apostle resumes the main thread of exhortation to Christian courage. After its enforcem...
ΚΑῚ Ἃ ἬΚΟΥΣΑΣ ΠΑΡʼ ἘΜΟΥ͂. Cp. 2 Timothy 1:13 and the note at that place. Observe that personal strength in the grace of Christ precedes in importance as in time the transmission of the Apostolic depos...
REPETITION OF CHARGE I. BE STRONG IN CHRIST’S STRENGTH...
ΉΚΟΥΣΑΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΠΑΡΆΘΟΥ _aor. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΑΡΑΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G3908) доверять, вручать, делать вклад, доверять на хранении (ММ). ΙΚΑΝΌΣ (G2425) соответствующий о...
AND THE THINGS THAT THOU HAST HEARD OF ME— The _apostles_ alone had the whole scheme of the Christian revelation from our _Lord Jesus Christ._ The _prophets,_ evangelists, and elders, of the Christian...
1 THOU, THEREFORE, MY CHILD, BE STRENGTHENED IN THE GRACE THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS. 2 AND THE THINGS WHICH THOU HAST HEARD FROM ME AMONG MANY WITNESSES, THE SAME COMMIT THOU TO FAITHFUL MEN, WHO SHALL...
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. AMONG, [ dia (G1223)] - through the intervention of man...
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...
2:2 of (b-12) _ Dia_ . the state or circumstances in which a thing happened, as Romans 2:27 ....
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...
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...
AND THE THINGS THAT THOU HAST HEARD OF ME. — These “things” have been often understood as referring to the few great fundamental truths rehearsed by the Apostle, in the presence of the elders of the c...
CHAPTER 29 THE NEED OF MACHINERY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND TRANSMISSION OF THE FAITH-THE MACHINERY OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH. - 2 Timothy 2:1 In this tenderly affectionate address we have a very early i...
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...
St. Paul is here contemplating an apostolical succession in respect of teaching rather than of administration. It is natural that in the circumstances of the primitive Church the building up of conver...
“A GOOD SOLDIER OF CHRIST JESUS” 2 Timothy 2:1 _ Soldier_, 2 Timothy 2:1: There is grace enough in Jesus for every need, but we must avail ourselves of it. We can expect nothing less than hardship, s...
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...
A MINISTER'S DUTY TO BE STRONG After telling Timothy of the two contrasting attitudes of brethren toward God's message bearer, Paul urged him to be strong like Onesiphorus. Remember, God gives the Chr...
And the things that thou hast heard of me among (a) many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. (a) When many were there, who can bear witness of the...
_Before may witnesses. Some expound it, in the presence of many witnesses; others, of the witnesses and testimonies which St. Paul had brought out of the Scriptures, when he instructed Timothy. (Witha...
(1) В¶ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (2) And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be ab...
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...
2_And which thou hast heard from me_. He again shews how earnestly desirous he is to transmit sound doctrine to posterity; and he exhorts Timothy, not only to preserve its shape and features, (as he f...
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...
AND THE THINGS THAT THOU HAST HEARD OF ME,.... Meaning the doctrines of the Gospel, the form of sound words. The Arabic version renders it, "the secrets, or mysteries that thou hast heard of me"; the...
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Ver. 2. _Commit them to faithful men_] No talent is given...
_Thou therefore, my son_ Animated by the example of fidelity and courage manifested by Onesiphorus; _be strong_ Ενδυναμου, _be encouraged and strengthened, in_ a firm reliance on _the grace that is in...
AND THE THINGS THAT THOU HAST HEARD OF ME AMONG MANY WITNESSES, THE SAME COMMIT THOU TO FAITHFUL MEN, WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS ALSO....
ADMONITION TO FAITHFULNESS IN THE MINISTRY....
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...
AMONG: Or, by...
1-7 As our trials increase, we need to grow stronger in that which is good; our faith stronger, our resolution stronger, our love to God and Christ stronger. This is opposed to our being strong in ou...
AND THE THINGS THAT THOU HAST HEARD OF ME AMONG MANY WITNESSES; the doctrine of the gospel which thou hast heard from me, confirmed by the testimony of many of the prophets of old, or, which thou hear...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics publicly: "Before many witnesses" is his phrase.[274] Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics " Nor, again, must the circumstance of his having wish...
2 Timothy 2:2 And G2532 things G3739 heard G191 (G5656) from G3844 me G1700 among G1223 many G4183 witnesses...
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, presby...
FROM ME (παρ' εμου). As in 2 Timothy 1:13. Paul was Timothy's chief teacher of Christ.AMONG MANY WITNESSES (δια πολλων μαρτυρων). Plutarch has δια in this sense and Field (_Ot. Norv._) suggests th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TAKE THE WORDS. Paul sees _apostolic succession_ as a matter of _teaching,_ not of _administration._ What Paul preached was the Good News of God's act in Christ and all that formed part of this (2 Tim...
_The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses commit to faithful men, able to teach others also._ HOW THE CHURCH IS TO BE CONTINUED I. CARE IS TO BE HAD THAT THE CHURCH MAY BE CONTINUED...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 2:2 WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ME. Throughout this letter, Paul emphasizes the message Timothy received from him (see 2 Timothy 1:13;...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 2:1. BE STRONG.—R.V. “be strengthened,” and continue so. 2 Timothy 2:2. AMONG MANY WITNESSES.—The instrumental form, lit. “by the mediation of,” here is equ...
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...
Ver. 2. A direction is now given how best to secure the transmission of the testimony he was called to bear for Christ, and its faithful maintenance in the church: _and the things which thou hast hear...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Timothy 1:12; 1 Timothy 1:18;...
Among many witnesses [δ ι α π ο λ λ ω ν μ α ρ τ υ ρ ω ν]. Dia through the medium of, and therefore in the presence of. Commit [π α ρ α θ ο υ]. As a trust or deposit [π α ρ α θ η κ η]. See on chapter 2...
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...
The things — The wholesome doctrine, 2 Timothy 1:13. Commit — Before thou leavest Ephesus. To faithful men, who will be able, after thou art gone, to teach others....
A second charge given to Timothy, is to take special care that the doctrine of the gospel, and the precepts of holy living, which he had heard St. Paul deliver, in the presence of many witnesses, shou...