Chapter Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
S E C O N D T I M O T H Y.
CHAP. II.
In this chapter our apostle gives Timothy many exhortations and directions, which may be of great use to other, both ministers and Christians, for whom they were designed as well as for him. I. He encourages him in his work, showing him whence he must fetch help, 2 Timothy 2:1 . II. He must take care of a succession in the ministry, that the office might not die with him, 2 Timothy 2:2 . III. He exhorts him to constancy and perseverance in this work, as a soldier and as a husbandman, considering what would be the end of all his sufferings, c., 2 Timothy 2:3 - 15 . IV. He must shun profane and vain babblings 2 Timothy 2:16 - 18 ), for they will be pernicious and mischievous. V. He speaks of the foundation of God, which standeth sure, 2 Timothy 2:19 - 21 . VI. What he is to avoid--youthful lusts, and foolish and unlearned questions and what to do, 2 Timothy 2:22 - 26 .
Book Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
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EXPOSITION,
W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,
OF THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO
T I M O T H Y.
T HIS second epistle Paul wrote to Timothy from Rome, when he was a prisoner there and in danger of his life; this is evident from these words, I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand,2 Timothy 4:62 Timothy 4:6 . It appears that his removal out of this world, in his own apprehension, was not far off, especially considering the rage and malice of his persecutors; and that he had been brought before the emperor Nero, which he calls his first answer, when no man stood with him, but all men forsook him,2 Timothy 4:162 Timothy 4:16 . And interpreters agree that this was the last epistle he wrote. Where Timothy now was is not certain. The scope of this epistle somewhat differs from that of the former, not so much relating to his office as an evangelist as to his personal conduct and behaviour.
