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Of whom be thou ware also - It would seem from this that Alexander was still a public teacher, and that his discourses were plausible and artful. The best and the wisest of men need to be on thei...
Personal Requests and Personal News. Timothy's summons to Rome seems inconsistent with the discharge of the duties just enforced. If the letter is a unity, its main instructions may concern his c...
ware also . also ware. withstood . See 2 Timothy 3:8 .
Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. Of whom be thou ware also - It seems that this rabbin traveled about from place to place for the purpose of opposing the Gospel, th...
Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. Withstood , [anthestee, G: antestee ( G436 ), A C, past. But Delta withstands, anthesteeke] Our words - the argument...
St. Paul's Last Messages and Counsels 1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close, exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his teaching, in view of the im...
Of whom be thou ware also. — This Alexander was evidently then at Ephesus. That he had been at Rome, and had given evidence against St. Paul, and had argued against the defence of the Apostle, is p...
Chapter 36 THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS. IT would scarcely be exceeding the limits of legitimate hyperbole to say that these two passages prove the authenticity and genuineness...
“The Lord Stood by Me” 2 Timothy 4:13-22 The winter was approaching, and the Apostle would be glad of his cloak amid the damp of the Mamertine prison. Evidently his arrest under Nero's orders h...
As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuk...
(9) В¶ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: (10) For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. (11) On...
Of whom be thou ware also ,.... For he was now at Ephesus; and since he was such a malicious, ill natured, and troublesome person, as well as a blasphemer, an heretic, and had been delivered up to S...
Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. Ver. 15. He hath greatly resisted our words ] Or, our preachings, not our persons only. This was a foul fault. See 1 Thessaloni...
Alexander the coppersmith Or brasier; did me much evil This seems to have been the person mentioned 1 Timothy 1:20 : probably he was one of the Judaizing teachers, who violently opposed the true...
The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
The Apostle's Directions to Timothy. A. D. 66. 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: ...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Timothy 4:14 . The Lord reward him according to his works. —R.V. “the Lord will render,” etc. What the Jew Alexander would have said to the Ephesian mob we canno...
2 Timothy 4:1 . I charge thee therefore before God preach the word. Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a...
EXPOSITION 2 Timothy 4:1 In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus for therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, A.V. and T.R.; and by for at, A.V. and T.R. I charge thee (δι...
A Report Concerning Various Acquaintances and the First Hearing. Various personal matters:
2 Timothy 3:8 ; Matthew 10:16 ; Matthew 10:17 ; Philippians 3:2