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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO II TIMOTHY 2 In this chapter the apostle continues his exhortations to Timothy, with respect both to his office and his conversation, and closes with the character of a minister of the Gospel. The apostle having exhorted Timothy, in the former chapter, to abide by the Gospel, notwithstanding whatsoever he might suffer for it, here...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou therefore, my son,.... The illative particle, "therefore", shows the connection between this and the preceding chapter; the appellation, "thou, my son", expresses the apostle's tender affection for Timothy, and is the rather used to engage his attention to the advice he was about to give him; which is, that since he had received the true...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In this chapter our apostle gives Timothy many exhortations and directions, which may be of great use to other, both ministers and Christians, for whom they were designed as well as for him. I. He encourages him in his work, showing him whence he must fetch help, ver. 1. II. He must take care of a succession in the ministry, that the office might...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 be able to teach others also. This is the true apostolical succession,-one minister brings another to Christ, and then charges that other to train other preachers...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 professors who, so long as they are just saved, are content. We are not content with being barely alive spiritually; we do not wish to have our life shivering with cold, but we...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 mysteries of the grace of God, which he had often heard him discourse of, unfold and explain: among many witnesses; or by them; which some understand...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. So, then, there is to be a succession of teachers in the church, and these do ill who are always speaking against the ministry of God. Timothy receives his ministry of Paul; he is to commit it to faithful...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou therefore endure hardness,.... "Or afflictions"; as in 2 Timothy 4:5. The same word is used there as here, and properly signifies, "suffer evil"; and means the evil of afflictions, as persecutions of every kind, loss of name and goods, scourging, imprisonment, and death itself, for the sake of Christ and the Gospel: as a good soldier of Jesus...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. If thou desirest delicacy, join not the army. A soldier’s calling is not to be linked with softnesses, and if thou desirest ease and comfort, join not the army of Christ, for a Christian’s profession and these go not together.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
No man that warreth,.... Who is a soldier, and gives himself up to military service, in a literal sense: the Vulgate Latin version, without any authority, adds, "to God"; as if the apostle was speaking of a spiritual warfare; whereas he is illustrating a spiritual warfare by a corporeal one; and observes, that no one, that is in a military state,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. So Timothy, as a Christian minister, is to act as the Roman soldier did. It was a law in Rome that no soldier was to plead in court for another as a lawyer, or to act in business for another as a bailiff, or to have...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if a man also strive for masteries,.... In the Olympic games, by running, wrestling, leaping, c. yet is he not crowned with a corruptible, fading crown, a crown made of herbs and leaves of trees, as parsley, laurel, c. except he strive lawfully according to the laws and rules fixed for those exercises; so no man that calls himself a Christian,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. There were rules in the Grecian games. When they struck each other, the blow was not to be given except upon a certain part of the body, and if a man fought unlawfully, he could not get the prize. So there are laws, too, for the Christian ministry, and also...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The husbandman that laboureth,.... In manuring his ground, in ploughing, in sowing, in weeding, in reaping, c. must be first partaker of the fruits of his labour, before others; and the design may be to observe that the ministers of the word ought first to be partakers of the grace of God, the fruits of the Spirit, and of the Gospel, and rightly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. This is a law. No man has any right to be a partaker at all till he has first tasted of the fruits of the field. Until we have first tasted that the “Lord is gracious,” we cannot effectively or properly minister the things of God.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Consider what I say,.... The advice given by the apostle to Timothy, to be strong in the grace of Christ; to commit the doctrines of the Gospel to faithful and able men; and to endure hardness for the sake of it: as also the characters which he bore as a soldier, a runner in a race, or a wrestler, and an husbandman; and therefore must not expect...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doers; even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. See how the apostle comforts himself. Here he is in prison, but the truth is free....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David,.... This is said either as an encouragement to suffer hardness in the cause of Christ; since he, who though he was of the seed of David, of the blood royal, and heir to his crown, yet suffered and died; and whereas he rose again from the dead, those who suffer for his sake shall rise also, and live...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherein I suffer trouble as an evildoer,.... As a malefactor, as if guilty of some capital crime; an enemy to the law of Moses, a pestilent fellow, a mover of sedition everywhere, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, Acts 24:5. The Ethiopic version renders it, "as a thief". The "trouble" he suffered were reproaches, persecutions,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Therefore I endure all things for the elects' sakes,.... There is a certain number of persons whom God has chosen in Christ from everlasting unto salvation, who shall certainly be saved; for these Jesus Christ suffered and died; and on their account is the Gospel sent, preached, and published to the world; for their sakes are ministers fitted and...