Chapter 1:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 1 Timothy Titus
2 Timothy 1
Concise Complete
Paul expresses great affection for Timothy. (1-5)
Exhorts him to improve his spiritual gifts. (6-14) Tells of many who basely
deserted him; but speaks with affection of Onesiphorus. (15-18)
Verses 1-5 The
promise of eternal life to believers in Christ Jesus, is the leading subject of
ministers who are employed according to the will of God. The blessings here
named, are the best we can ask for our beloved friends, that they may have peace
with God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Whatever good we do, God must
have the glory. True believers have in every age the same religion as to
substance. Their faith is unfeigned; it will stand the trial, and it dwells in
them as a living principle. Thus pious women may take encouragement from the
success of Lois and Eunice with Timothy, who proved so excellent and useful a
minister. Some of the most worthy and valuable ministers the church of Christ
has been favoured with, have had to bless God for early religious impressions
made upon their minds by the teaching of their mothers or other female
relatives.
Verses 6-14 God
has not given us the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power, of courage and
resolution, to meet difficulties and dangers; the spirit of love to him, which
will carry us through opposition. And the spirit of a sound mind, quietness of
mind. The Holy Spirit is not the author of a timid or cowardly disposition, or
of slavish fears. We are likely to bear afflictions well, when we have strength
and power from God to enable us to bear them. As is usual with Paul, when he
mentions Christ and his redemption, he enlarges upon them; so full was he of
that which is all our salvation, and ought to be all our desire. The call of the
gospel is a holy call, making holy. Salvation is of free grace. This is said to
be given us before the world began, that is, in the purpose of God from all
eternity; in Christ Jesus, for all the gifts that come from God to sinful man,
come in and through Christ Jesus alone. And as there is so clear a prospect of
eternal happiness by faith in Him, who is the Resurrection and the Life, let us
give more diligence in making his salvation sure to our souls. Those who cleave
to the gospel, need not be ashamed, the cause will bear them out; but those who
oppose it, shall be ashamed. The apostle had trusted his life, his soul, and
eternal interests, to the Lord Jesus. No one else could deliver and secure his
soul through the trials of life and death. There is a day coming, when our souls
will be inquired after. Thou hadst a soul committed to thee; how was it
employed? in the service of sin, or in the service of Christ? The hope of the
lowest real Christian rests on the same foundation as that of the great apostle.
He also has learned the value and the danger of his soul; he also has believed
in Christ; and the change wrought in his soul, convinces the believer that the
Lord Jesus will keep him to his heavenly kingdom. Paul exhorts Timothy to hold
fast the Holy Scriptures, the substance of solid gospel truth in them. It is not
enough to assent to the sound words, but we must love them. The Christian
doctrine is a trust committed to us; it is of unspeakable value in itself, and
will be of unspeakable advantage to us. It is committed to us, to be preserved
pure and entire, yet we must not think to keep it by our own strength, but by
the power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us; and it will not be gained by those
who trust in their own hearts, and lean to their own understandings.
Verses 15-18
The apostle mentions the constancy of Onesiphorus; he oft refreshed him with his
letters, and counsels, and comforts, and was not ashamed of him. A good man will
seek to do good. The day of death and judgment is an awful day. And if we would
have mercy then, we must seek for it now of the Lord. The best we can ask, for
ourselves or our friends, is, that the Lord will grant that we and they may find
mercy of the Lord, when called to pass out of time into eternity, and to appear
before the judgment seat of Christ.
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 1 Timothy Titus
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
