2 Timothy 4:1
QUICK; living. APPEARING; in glory to judge the world. KINGDOM; which shall then be fully consummated.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUICK; living. APPEARING; in glory to judge the world. KINGDOM; which shall then be fully consummated.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN SEASON; at regular times of public worship. OUT OF SEASON; at occasional seasons, when it can be done to advantage.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUND DOCTRINE; such as is revealed in the word of God, and adapted to promote the spiritual good of men. TEACHERS; who will not condemn their favorite sins. ITCHING EARS; wishing for new teachers and new doctrines, and multiplying those who will amuse and flatter them.... [ Continue Reading ]
TURN AWAY-FROM THE TRUTH; because it condemns them. FABLES; mystical speculations and frivolous stories.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATCH; be sober, earnest, and vigilant, as the original word implies. EVANGELIST; a minister of Christ, who went from place to place preaching the gospel, gathering churches, and assisting in establishing the institutions of Christianity. MAKE FULL PROOF OF THY MINISTRY; or, as in the margin, fulf... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERED; poured out as a drink-offering. My blood is about to be poured out for my attachment to Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
A GOOD FIGHT; more literally, the good fight; that, namely, prescribed to me by my Lord. The word in the original is one used of the Grecian games. Compare 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 TIMOTHY 6:12. FINISHED MY COURSE; the Christian race appointed me. This is another allusion to the Grecian games. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
To the faithful minister, the close is the most joyful period of life. Evils, natural and moral, are behind, and all before is blessedness and glory.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING LOVED; this life and its enjoyments so much that he left Rome to avoid the danger of losing them.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE; the writer of the gospel. MARK; Acts 12:25; Acts 13:5; Acts 15:37; Colossians 4:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARCHMENTS; skins prepared, on which the more costly of the ancient books were written. Whether these were the writings of the apostle, or the writings of others, or merely materials for writing, is not known.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ministers of the gospel are bound to be wise as well as harmless; to foresee evils and avoid them. Although they are not to be afraid of men, they are to beware of them; and so to act as not needlessly to put themselves in their power.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY FIRST ANSWER; his first hearing, probably during his present imprisonment, before the Roman emperor or a court commissioned by him. The word FIRST implies a subsequent hearing which he had already had or expected soon to have.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE LION; according to some, literally, by being saved from death by wild beasts. According to others, the words are figuratively spoken of the Roman emperor Nero.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM EVERY EVIL WORK; not from persecution even to death, for this the apostle expected; but from receiving any spiritual injury through the evil works of his enemies. God would keep his faith steadfast amid all his trials, and grant him a perfect and everlasting victory over them. Should godly mini... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSEHOLD OF ONESIPHORUS; see note to chap 2 Timothy 1:16.... [ Continue Reading ]