2 Timothy 2:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. ”

2 Timothy 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And if a man also strive for masteries - As in the Grecian games. See this favorite illustration of Paul explained in the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:24 ff. Yet is he not crowned, except he str...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. (3) The third admonition: the ministry is similar to a game in which men strive for the victory, and n...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

( d ) 2 Timothy 2:1-13 . 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 streng...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

if . App-118 a man . any one. App-123. also strive . strive also, strive for masteries . contend in the games. Greek. athteo . Only here. not . App-105. crowned . Greek. stephanoo. Only...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 And if any one strive He now speaks of perseverance, that no man may think that he has done enough when he has been engaged in one or two conflicts. He borrows a comparison from wrestlers,...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. If a man also strive for masteries - Εαν δε και αθλῃ τις· If a man contend in the public games - the Olymp...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If a man also strive for masteries,— And if a man combat in the public games, he is not crowned, unless he has observed the rules prescribed. Heylin. If, in the Grecian games, they contended acco...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. And, х De ( G1161 )] - 'Moreover.' Strive for masteries - in the great national games of Gree...
2 Timothy 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And if a man also strive for masteries. — More accurately translated, again, if a man strive in the games. Another picture is drawn, and the picture is, as before, a well-known one to all the dwe...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 30 THE CHRISTIAN'S LIFE AS MILITARY SERVICE; AS AN ATHLETIC CONTEST; AS HUSBANDRY. - 2 Timothy 2:3-7 ST. PAUL represents the Christian life and the Christian ministry under a variety of...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus” 2 Timothy 2:1-9 Soldier , 2 Timothy 2:1-4 : There is grace enough in Jesus for every need, but we must avail ourselves of it. We can expect nothing less than...
2 Timothy 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (2) And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be a...
2 Timothy 2:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SELF-MASTERY ‘If a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.’ 2 Timothy 2:5 Let me ask you in all earnestness whether you have seriously set before you...
2 Timothy 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 t...
2 Timothy 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. Ver. 5. Except we strive lawfully ] Tam circa ciborum quam continentiae ac honestatis rationem, sait...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou therefore endure hardness Κακοπαθησον, literally, endure evil; that is, expect persecutions and various sufferings, and, by the powerful aids of divine grace, endure them with courage, const...
2 Timothy 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ministerial Fortitude. A. D. 66. 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in C...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And look as it is in the public games in use amongst you, where divers strive by wrestling, fighting, racing, where there is a crown proposed as the prize for those who are the conquerors in the game...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Timothy 2:3 . Endure hardness. —R.V. “Suffer hardship with me.” Compare 2 Timothy 1:8 , where the same word occurs. It would seem more consistent to refer the f...
2 Timothy 2:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Timothy 1:1-2 . 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 s...
2 Timothy 2:5 - 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 2:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Not crowned, except he strive lawfully. Lawful striving The athlete who competes in the games does not receive a crown, unless he has contended law fully, i.e. , according to rule (νομίμως νο...
2 Timothy 2:5 - 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 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonition to Faithfulness in the Ministry.
2 Timothy 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ; 1 Peter 5:4 ; 2 Timothy 4:7 ; 2 Timothy 4:8 ; Colossians 1:29 ; Hebrews 12:4 ; Hebrews 2:7 ; Hebrews 2:9 ; James 1:12 ; Luke 13:24 ; Philippians 1:15 ; Revelation...
2 Timothy 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Timothy 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Timothy 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Timothy 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Timothy 2:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Timothy 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Timothy 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Timothy 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Timothy 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Timothy 2:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Timothy 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Timothy 2:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Timothy 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Timothy 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Timothy 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 2:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary