2 Timothy 2:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. ”

2 Timothy 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But shun profane and vain babblings, - see the notes at 1 Timothy 6:20 . For they will increase unto more ungodliness - Their tendency is to alienate the soul from God, and to lead to impiet...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(f) But shun profane [and] vain babblings: (10) for they will increase unto more ungodliness. (f) Mark and watch, and see that they do not creep on further. (10) He reveals the subtilty of Satan, w...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charge to Timothy concerning Present Error. The false teaching considered in this epistle is partly present and partly future. Paul's first charge relates to the former type. For its general char...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shun . Greek. periistemi . See Acts 25:7 . profane . See 1 Timothy 1:9 . vain babblings . See 1 Timothy 6:20 . increase . advance. Greek. prokopto. See Romans 13:12 , unto , App-104....
2 Timothy 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16 But avoid profane and unmeaning noises My opinion as to the import of these words has been stated in my commentary on the last chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy; and my readers will...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. Shun profane and vain babblings - This is the character he gives of the preaching of the false teachers. Whatever...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. Shun, х periistaso ( G4026 )] - 'stand clear of, and superior to.' Vain - opposed to 'of the truth'...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 ; 2 Timothy 2:14...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 32 THE NEED OF A SOLEMN CHARGE AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL SPIRIT, OF DILIGENCE FREE FROM SHAME, AND OF A HATRED OF THE PROFANITY WHICH WRAPS UP ERROR IN THE LANGUAGE OF TRUTH. - 2 Timothy 2:...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Approved unto God” 2 Timothy 2:10-18 The elect , 2 Timothy 2:10-13 : The Apostle sketches the experiences of the elect soul. It must endure, suffer, and die with Christ, that out of its sur...
2 Timothy 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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, th...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) В¶ Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. (15) Study to shew thyself approved...
2 Timothy 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But shun profane and vain babblings ,.... The ministry of false teachers is mere babbling; a voice, and nothing else, as the man said of his nightingale; a sound of words, but no solid matter in the...
2 Timothy 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. Ver. 16. But shun ] Gr. περμστασο, go round about them, viz. to suppress them on every side. St Peter calls th...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But shun profane and vain babblings See on 1 Timothy 1:4 ; for they will increase , &c. Though the evil of some of them may not immediately appear, and they may seem trifling rather than misc...
2 Timothy 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 co...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions against Error. A. D. 66. 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging th...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; But shun profane and vain babblings; by these dishonourable terms the apostle defameth all impertinent discourses in discharge of the ministerial office, such as he had called fables and...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Timothy 2:14 . Charging them. —Adjure them on their oath of fealty. 2 Timothy 2:15 . Study to shew thyself. —R.V. “Give diligence to present thyself.” The wor...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Timothy 2:15 . Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. This is a metaphor taken from the action of the priest at...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 6:10-14 . 2 Timothy 2:3 . Endure hardness,...
2 Timothy 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Shun profane and vain babblings. Shun The word rendered “shun” is a strong one, and signifies, literally, to make a circuit so as to avoid; or as Alford paraphrases it, “the meaning seems to co...
2 Timothy 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
2 Timothy 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Proper Dividing of the Word of God as Contrasted with the Practice of the Errorists.
2 Timothy 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:33 ; 1 Corinthians 5:6 ; 1 Timothy 4:7 ; 1 Timothy 6:20 ; 2 Peter 2:18 ; 2 Peter 2:2 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:7 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:8 ; 2 Timothy 2:14 ; 2 Timothy 3:13 ; Ezra 1...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Christian's Titles 2 Timothy 2:1-26 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 mi...
2 Timothy 2:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — Who babble thus will grow worse and worse.

2 Timothy 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Timothy 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Timothy 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Timothy 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Timothy 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Timothy 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Timothy 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Timothy 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Timothy 2:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Timothy 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Timothy 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Timothy 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Timothy 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Timothy 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 2:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Timothy 2:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes