“ The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. ”
The husbandman that laboureth - The margin is, “labouring first, must be partaker.” The idea, according to the translation in the text, is, that there is a fitness or propriety ( δει dei) that...
(4) The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. (4) Another similarity with respect to the same matter: no man may look for the harvest, unless he first take pains to plow an...
( 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...
first , &c.. the first to partake.
6 The husbandman must labor before he receive the fruits I am well aware that others render this passage differently; and I acknowledge that they translate, word for word, what Paul has writ...
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. The husbandman that laboureth - That is: The husbandman must first till his ground before he can expect a crop; and he must till it...
The husbandman that laboureth, &c.— Or The husbandman must first labour, to partake of the fruits. Heylin, and Bowyer.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. Must be first (before all others) partaker. The right of first partaking of the fruits belongs to him who is not merely a f...
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...
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. — Again the picture is painted from every-day life. “The husbandman that laboureth” — with an emphasis upon “that laboureth” — is...
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...
“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...
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...
(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...
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 m...
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. Ver. 6. The husbandman labouring first ] Spes alit agricolas. Nae illi falsi sunt (saith Salhst, in Jugur.) qui diversissima...
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...
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...
Ministerial Fortitude. A. D. 66. 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in C...
As the apostle had before compared the minister of the gospel to a soldier, and from thence concluded his duty not to entangle himself unnecessarily in secular employments; and to those that exercise...
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 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 2:1 . 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,...
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. The laboring husbandman The order of the Greek shows that the emphatic word is “labours.” It is the labouring husbandman who...
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...
Admonition to Faithfulness in the Ministry.
1 Corinthians 3:6-9 ; 1 Corinthians 9:23 ; 1 Corinthians 9:7-11 ; Hebrews 10:36 ; Isaiah 28:24-26 ; John 4:35-38 ; Luke 10:2 ; Matthew 20:1 ; Matthew 21:33-41 ; Matthew 9:37 ; Matthew 9:38...
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...
Unless he labour first, he will reap no fruit.