“ For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. ”
For I am now ready to be offered - This conviction of the apostle that he was about to die, is urged as a reason why Timothy should be laborious and faithful in the performance of the duties of h...
(4) For I am now ready to be (c) offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. (4) He foretells his death to be at hand, and sets before them an excellent example, both of invincible constancy,...
( c ) 2 Timothy 4:1-8 . Timothy's Duty in the Crisis. Threatened with such opposition ( 2 Timothy 3:1-9 ) and strengthened by such safeguards ( 2 Timothy 3:10-17 ), Timothy must persistently teach...
now ready , &c.. already being poured out. Greek. spendomai . See Philippians 2:17 . departure . Greek. analusis . Only here. Compare Philippians 1:1 ; Philippians 1:29 . at hand . Same...
6 For I am now offered as a sacrifice He assigns the reason for the solemn protestation which he employed. As if he had said, “So long as I lived, I stretched out my hand to thee; my constan...
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. For I am now ready to be offered - Ηδη σπενδομαι· I am already poured out as a libation. See the note on Philippians 2:17 ....
I am—ready to be offered,— The original is very emphatical: For I am already poured out as a libation. So St. Peter foresaw his approaching martyrdom, 2 Ephesians 1:14 . St. Paul uses the word σ...
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. х Eedee ( G2235 ) spendomai ( G4689 )] 'For I am already being made a libation:' appropriate to the shedding...
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...
For I am now ready to be offered. — What, in the Philippian Epistle ( Philippians 2:17 ), was alluded to as a contingency likely enough to happen here is spoken of as something which was then absol...
Chapter 35 THE PARADOXICAL EXULTATION OF THE APOSTLE-HIS APPARENT FAILURE AND THE APPARENT FAILURE OF THE CHURCH-THE GREAT TEST OF SINCERITY. - 2 Timothy 4:5-8 ST. CHRYSOSTOM tells us that this...
The Victor's Final Charge 2 Timothy 4:1-12 To the end Paul held to the appearing of Jesus, though he might not live to see it; and it was to precede and usher in the coming of the Kingdom. The...
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...
(6) For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. (7) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: (8) Henceforth there is laid up for me...
‘READY TO BE OFFERED’ ‘I am now ready to be offered.’ 2 Timothy 4:6 How many of us can say this? Do we not often feel in a strait betwixt two? I. Things which make it difficult to say wit...
For I am now ready to be offered ,.... Or poured out, as a libation, or a drink offering; or as the blood was poured out at the bottom of the altar; which is expressive of martyrdom, and shows that...
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. Ver. 6. Ready to be offered ] To be poured out as a drink offering upon God's altar. a Thus the apostle expresseth him...
But watch thou Both over thyself and flock, and withstand the beginnings of all these corruptions; let thy mind be awake and watchful; in all things Whatever thou art doing, let this be thy earne...
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...
Ministerial Duties; The Apostle's Joyful Expectation. A. D. 66. 1 I charge thee therefore be...
OLBGrk; For I am now ready to be offered; spendomai, the word properly signifieth to be offered as a drink-offering, which was offered by being poured out. Some say that spendomai is only used to...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Timothy 4:6 . For I am now ready to be offered. —R.V. “I am already being offered.” R.V. margin, “poured out as a drink-offering.” When the gaoler took the cup o...
2 Timothy 3:1-7 . This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, untha...
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...
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2 Peter 1:14 ; 2 Peter 1:15 ; Deuteronomy 31:14 ; Genesis 48:21 ; Genesis 50:24 ; Joshua 23:14 ; Numbers 27:12-17 ; Philippians 1:23 ; Philippians 2:17
Life's Backward and Forward Look 2 Timothy 4:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. There is a time when we should not look backward. (1) We should not look back with a heart of longing after the fleshpot...
The time of my departure is at hand — So undoubtedly God had shown him. I am ready to be offered up — Literally, to be poured out, as the wine and oil were on the ancient sacrifices.