2 Timothy 2:1,2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou therefore, my son Animated by the example of fidelity and courage manifested by Onesiphorus; be strong Ενδυναμου, be encouraged and strengthened, in a firm reliance on the grace that is in Jesus And which he is always ready to communicate to all that pray for and expect it. And the things The wholesome doctrine, (2 Timothy 1:13,) that thou hast heard of me To which I have often borne solemn testimony; among many witnesses See 1 Timothy 6:12. By these many witnesses, he seems to have meant the elders, deacons, and others, present when Timothy was set apart to the sacred office of the ministry, and received a solemn charge from the apostle to execute his trust faithfully. The same commit thou With great seriousness, care, and diligence, before thou leavest Ephesus; to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others After thou art gone: that the truth may be continued, in an uninterrupted succession of such persons, who shall hand it down from one to another throughout all ages, even till the end of time.