2 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 2:2

Verse 2

To faithful men; as ministers of the gospel.

2 Timothy 2:3

Verse 3

Hardness; hardship.

2 Timothy 2:5

Verse 5

For masteries; in the athletic games common in those days as public amusements.–Lawfully; according to the rules and conditions established for the regulation of the game.

2 Timothy 2:6

Verse 6

The meaning is, that the husbandman must labor before he can partake of the fruits; and so the toils and sufferings of Christ’s service here must precede the rest and rewards of heaven.

2 Timothy 2:8

Verse 8

My gospel; the gospel which has been intrusted to me.

2 Timothy 2:9

Verse 9

Wherein; in preaching which.

2 Timothy 2:11

Verse 11

Dead with him; dead to sin with him.

2 Timothy 2:17

Verse 17

Their word; their influence.–Will eat as doth a canker; corrupting and destroying the spirit of piety.

2 Timothy 2:19

Verse 19

The foundation of God; the foundation which God has laid,–meaning that portion of the professing church which he had established, as is indicated by what follows.–Let every one, &c.; that is, there was a test to determine the genuineness of discipleship, in the personal holiness which was manifested as the fruits of a religious profession.

2 Timothy 2:20

Verse 20

A great house; here representing the house of God, namely, the church.

2 Timothy 2:21

Verse 21

Purge himself from these; from the errors and follies above named.

2 Timothy 2:24

Verse 24

Must not strive; must not dispute and contend.