Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Timothy 2:12
Verse 12. If we suffer - with him] These are other parts of the true doctrine, which the apostle mentions above.
Verse 12. If we suffer - with him] These are other parts of the true doctrine, which the apostle mentions above.
IF WE SUFFER, WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM - The meaning is, that the members will be treated as the Head is. We become united with him by faith, and, if we share his treatment on earth, we shall shar...
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...
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...
THE CHAIN OF TEACHING (2 Timothy 2:1-2)...
SUFFER. Same as "endure", 2 Timothy 2:10. ALSO REIGN, to.. reign together also, to. Greek. _sumbasileuo_. Only here and 1 Corinthians 4:8....
_if we suffer_ Rather ENDURE with brave and manly submission; 2 Timothy 2:10. The submission is followed by sovereignty, as death by life. Cf. Matthew 19:28 -ye which have followed me … shall sit on t...
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...
FRAGMENT OF A HYMN ON THE GLORIES OF MARTYRDOM...
ἈΡΝΗΣΌΜΕΘΑ. So א*AC f and the Bohairic. ἀρνούμεθα, the rec. reading, is supported by אcD2EKLP d e; it seems to be a correction of tense due to a misunderstanding of the sequence of thought in the thre...
ΣΥΜΒΑΣΙΛΕΎΣΟΜΕΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΒΑΣΙΛΕΎΩ (G4821) царить вместе, править вместе, ΆΡΝΗΣΌΜΕΘΑ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΡΝΈΟΜΑΙ (G720) отрицать. Избыточный _med._ (GGBB, 419)....
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...
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...
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: SUFFER. The Greek is the same as 'If we endure (with Him),' etc. (). REIGN WITH HIM - the special privilege of th...
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...
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...
2:12 endure, (g-3) 'Endure' has a double sense in English. 'to last,' and 'to go through suffering patiently.' Here it is the latter, as in Romans 2:7 ; Romans 8:25 ; James 5:11 ....
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...
IF WE SUFFER, WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM. — And the faithful saying went on with this stirring declaration. How, it seems to ask, can a believer in Christ shrink from suffering, when he knows what t...
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,...
εἰ ὑπομένομεν καὶ συνβασιλεύσομεν : See Matthew 25:34; Luke 22:28-29; Acts 14:22; Romans 8:17;...
“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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
12_If we deny him, he will also deny us _A threatening is likewise added, for the purpose of shaking off sloth; for he threatens that they who, through the dread of persecution, leave off the confessi...
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...
IF WE SUFFER,.... With him, with Christ, as in Romans 8:17 all the elect suffered with Christ when he suffered; they suffered in him the whole penalty of the law, all the righteousness, strictness, an...
If we suffer, we shall also reign with _him_ : if we deny _him_, he also will deny us: Ver. 12. _If we suffer_] No wearing the crown but by bearing the cross first. _Ne Iesum quidem audias gloriosum,...
_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...
SUFFER; suffer with him....
IF WE SUFFER, WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM; IF WE DENY HIM, HE ALSO WILL DENY US;...
AN ADMONITION TO FAITHFULNESS IN FAITH AND CHRISTIAN CONDUCT....
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...
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...
IF WE SUFFER, WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM; that is, if we suffer for his name's sake, for a constant owning and adherence to his doctrine of faith, or discharge of any trust he hath reposed in us, we...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians worthily of Him, "we shall also reign together with Him,"[34] Tertullian On Idolatry But "whosoever shall be ashamed of Me in the presence of men, of him will...
2 Timothy 2:12 If G1487 endure G5278 (G5719) shall G4821 also G2532 reign G4821 (G5692) If G1487 deny...
2 Timothy 2:12. SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM. The thought, though not the words, enters into our Lord's teaching: ‘Ye shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel' (Matthew 19:28). HE ALSO...
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...
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...
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...
IF WE CONTINUE TO ENDURE. See Romans 8:17; Matthew 19:27-28 and notes. If WE DENY HIM. See Matthew 10:32-33 and notes....
_If we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him._ UNION WITH CHRIST IN DEATH AND LIFE I. The first branch of this “faithful saying” is, “If we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him.” The...
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)....
_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...
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...
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...
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 John 2:22; 1 John 2:23; 1 Peter 4:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; Acts
If we suffer we shall also reign with him [ε ι υ π ο μ ε ν ο μ ε ν, κ α ι σ υ ν β α σ ι λ ε υ σ ο μ ε ν]. For suffer, rend. endure. Sunbasileuein to reign with, only here and 1 Corinthians 4:8. Comp....
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...
If we deny him — To escape suffering for him....