Bible Commentary

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 10. Demas ] Very likely a shortened form of Demetrius; two persons of the name occur in N.T., Act 19:24, the silversmith of Ephesus, and, 3Jn 1:12, the bearer possibly of that letter, one … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:10”

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 9. Do thy diligence ] The same verb as in Tit 3:12 and below 2Ti 4:21. ‘Make an earnest effort,’ ‘do thy best.’ Compare the use in Gal 2:10, ‘this was my own heartfelt desire.’ shortly ] Further defined 2Ti 4:21. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:9”

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 8. henceforth ] Or, ‘it remains only that’ as in Mat 26:45, in the Garden of Gethsemane ‘it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:8”

I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith: 7. a good fight ] the good fight, see 1Ti 6:12, where the metaphor is discussed; the second clause here, ‘I have finished the course,’ certainly suggests that the foot-race is to be the chief thought in the ‘games … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:7”

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 6. For I am now ready to be offered ] The present tense is still more vivid, and so the personal pronoun for as to me I am already being offered; and the Greek word means ‘am being … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:6”

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 5. But watch thou ] Exactly and fully, but thou, be thou watchful and sober, combining A.V. and R.V., and emphasising the pronoun. The proper force of the verb is certainly ‘sobriety’ literal and then … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:5”

And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 4. shall turn away their ears ] Better will. The word for ‘ears’ here and above is literally ‘the hearing’; it is used in classical Greek for ‘ear’ when there is reference to the act of hearing, not merely … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:4”

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 3. sound doctrine ] The sound doctrine as in 1Ti 1:10, where see note. but after their own lusts ] Vulg. ‘ad sua desideria,’ in opposition to the healthful … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:3”

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2. preach the word ] The unconnected aorist is emphatic; so is the aorist, to indicate the ‘verb thought’ standing out with prominence; ‘I adjure thee, remember preaching, persisting, reproving, rebuking, rousing, to it, in God’s name!’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:2”

I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 1. I charge thee therefore ] Read I charge thee, omitting the pronoun and conjunction. The stress is on the verb itself, more marked and solemn because placed quite abruptly; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Timothy 4:1”