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The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Timothy
Arthur Charles Hervey [1808-1894] · 71,815 words · 73 reading sections
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THE PULPIT COMMENTARY EDITED BY TllE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D. DEAN OF GLOUCESTER AND BY TllE REV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, M.A. II. TIMOTHY <ftpo~ition anti l~omilttir~ BY THE RIGHT HON. AND RIGHT REV. LORD A. C. HERVEY, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS 1!1omilit~ bl? @ariou~ ~utf)ot'5 REV. PROF. T. CROSK…
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,ul"Bly, "how," 88 in thf' R.V ., but in the God(.-~ xd.p,trµa .-oii thou); as I Tim. Iv. H een11e of ira8clis, "as," "just as." Anrl •o the (where see note). The laying on of my hands, whole p&BBage oomes out: "Just ,u I have !Ogether with those of t_~e presbytery (1 Tim. an unceasing remembranoe or you in my 1v. 1…
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natural one, e.nd not at all In harmony with equivalent, .19'1JUffl1 a "lifetime,n we Bllm to the context. The force of .. b.. in O"rry1ta.,co1rde,i• arrive at the primary mee.ning of a.l,f,v as rro11 (only found here in the New Testament being a "generation," and then any long e.nd in the R. T. of oh. ii. 8) is me.nif…
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I'""' .r, luure,,fu, "appointing me to the which I have deposited with him. Neither ministry; " and ii. 7. A preaoher, and. an is there the slightest diffloulty in the dilferent apoltle, antl a teaaher (IO e.lRO 1 Tim. ii. 7). applioe.tiona of the same metaphor in ver. 14 Teaoher (ll1lld..-1eC1Ao<) is one of the spirit…
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partlcule.r trnnee.ctlon to which St. Pe.nl le Ver. 18.-To find for that lui may .finn, olluding, e.nd which wae known to Timothy A.V.; ministered for minidered unto me, though it ie not known to ue. Perhaps he A.V. (The Lord grant unto him). The ho.d opplied to certain Aeintice, whether parenthesis seems only to be re…
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Timothy's recollections to the de.ye of hie ee.rly fe.ith. Tbe.t there he.d been anything like e. f&lling e.way from the fe.ith in Timothy, e.ny real declension In hiR religious life there is no re&l!On to believe. But the quick eye of the apostle he.d detected som~ symptoms of weaknt1118. The pulee of firm resoluti…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1, 2.-The apostle's addrl!88 and greeting. This Epistle, which has been well described as "the last will and testament" of the apostle, written as it was under the very shadow of death, opens with a touching evidence of personal interest in Timothy. L THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF THE AP…
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faitll. 11 Unfeigned." Timothy was "a.n Israelite Indeed," who believed with the heart unto righteousness, his faith working by love to God and man, and accompanied by good works. 2. Its permanent chamcter. "It dwelt in him." Faith is an abiding graoe; Chriijt, who is its Author, i1 also its Finisher; and salvation i…
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gospel Itself. 2. No <Jhrl,tio!ra ean be ashamed of a gospel of s,v,h power, eo trne, s•, gracious, so useful. 3. No Ohristian can be ashamed of its confessors. The apos1 I" was a prisoner at Rome for its sake, not for crime of any sort. The gospel then laboured under an i=ense load of pagan prejudice, and Timothy need…
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Ver. 12.-TM grounds of hi, Joyful, ~ under all his sufferings. L Hu APOSTLESHIP WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS SUFFERINGS... For which cause I also am suff'erlDg these things "-imprisonment, solitude, the hatred of Jew and Gentile. He estranged the Jews by preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, and he offended the Gentiles by …
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Ver. 14.-The importance of preserving {he precious deposit of doctrine. I. TmraE IS A BYBTBK OF TRUTH DEPOSITED IN THE HANDS OF TBE CHURCH. "That good deposit keep through the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us." 1. The truth ia Mt disCOVff'ed lnJ the Ohwch, but deposited in iu kuping. This is the significance of the words …
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confined? There were many prisons in Rome, and he may have been transferred from prison to prison. But where were the Roman Christians who met the apostle on his first visit to the city, that. they could not inform Onesiphorns of the place of the impri- sonment? Had they too turned away from him? Or had Nero struck an …
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in prison. The conscience, "that sole monarchy in man," was supreme in his nature under the Lordship or Christ. I. IT WAS A 0LEANBEn CONBOIENCE, AND BO PURE. St. Paul is never weary of preachin'..( the great doctrine of the atonement-that we are redeemed and renewed through the precious blood of Christ; and he rejoice…
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Vera. 1-14.-...4.ddress and salutation. 11 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus to Timothy my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus ou; Lord." The language is simi!Rr to what is found in other of Paul's E…
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who have had the advantage of a godly upbringing iree that t.hey are not left behind by those who have been reclaimed from ungodly society. II. EXHORTATION. 1. Timothy is to stir up his gift. "For the which cause I put thee in remt>mbrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the layin" on of …
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display of power, confouniling the "mighty; for it IB here said that by this appearing he sbolisbed death. He nppcared in flesh, and endured death in all its reality, and, by doing so, he has made it no longer a reality to his people. He has made it of none effect. He has made it so that it cannot tyrannize over them. …
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which Is In Christ Jesus." There is a form of sound words, '·"• there is a correct expression of truth which is to be coveted, because on this depends the healthfulness of the life. To this form Paul bad shaped bis preaching. He bad not indulged in logomnchies, or private speculations, or adaptations to other systems, …
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or their earthly head on whom it devolved t,o provide for them, to assist and oounael especially the beginners in life. The Lord mercifully make up for them what they had ln~t. Would this prayer return from heaven unanswered? Would not this kindly n·mem brance of them, read in their desolate home, bring good cheer t…
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EXPO~l'fION. "Fnnn a.nd Manner or Ordering or Prlewte" CHAPTER IL -" Good peoplP," etc.). Ve,. 1.-0hild for son, A. V.: ,trll'llgthentd Ver. 3.-Bu.ffer hard,hip VYJlh me for thou foratnmg, A. V. Be atrengthened ('vBuvaµov); there/O'f'e ll'lldure hardne••• A.V. e.nrl T.R.; more e111ctly (e.a Iluther) buome ,trong or …
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L11wfully (voµ(µ,.,s, NI 1 Tim. i. 8); 11ccord- Othc-re, u Ruther, think the clrmse points ing tot.be laws and usRgcs of the gHmf's. So to the Messianic dignity of David. Others. Timothv must conform to 1be lrtwR of the thRt it is inserted in rerut.ntion of Uae Chriet.i~n ,nrfure, And not shrink from Docc-tm, and to s…
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the eternnl e1LlvRUon whloh 11 in Jen■ eonstrnc.tion is "not t.o •tri ve ,.h,mt worrla, Ohrlet-11ddi11g, in nra. 11 &nd 12, the An- a tliiug neefnl for nothing, hut, nn the con- couragoment to auff'ering derived from tlie trary, tflnd,ng to suhvcrt thn•e who bear "fniLhful anying." I endure (~,rnµlv~): the such strife.…
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,•i:&. hy it• hring <lone for the eye of Go<'!. "their wor,l.". Hymen119n1; probably the H11ndling &right the Word of truth ( op8oTo• ~llme p~reo11 llB 18 m_entioned as a bll\ephemer ,.,,~,•Ta Tiw ,._&yov rij, «,._'10,/a,). The verb rn I T,m. 1. 20. Philetu. Nothing ie known or8oTO/ai,, O('('UT8 only herf' in th,· N…
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The ftnt part of the vene la Indeed equiva- rharity, A.V. Youthful (v,orr,p,,ccf,); of or lent to K6p .. . . . Tb 6vaµd rruv 6vo,.d.(oµ,,v in belonging tn v,rfrr,po,, young men; "oupi- Iu. xini. 18, but there is nothing to answer ditates adoleecentim" (Tacit., 'Hi•t.,' i. 15). to the second pnrt. The po.see.gee q noted…
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hRB b.,en more neglellted in the Ohmab, In iii. 10; Titua i. l: Reb, :a:. 26, eto.). The all ages. truth; that truth whioh before they aet Ver. 24.-The Lord', eenHn1t for tAe _.. themselves to oppose, disputing ag11,inat it ..a..t of the l,ord, A.V.; Wtl!ard$ all for ,moo 11,nd resisting it, The servant of tho Lord …
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HOMILETICS. Ver11. 1-14.-Endurance the lot of Christ's ministers. Continual endurance of evil, whether directed specially against himself, or generally thwarring the cause which he has most at heart, is the ordinary lot of the minister of Jesus Christ exercising bis ministry in an evil world. And in order to be ready …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. l.-&hort1tion to Timothy to be ,troog. The apostle founds upon the fore- guing example, and warnings an admonition to Christian firmness and courage. I. THE NEED OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH. "Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." 1. Strength was necessary…
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hueb•ndman wu the most full.v entitled t.o reward. (2) The minister of Obrist mnst plough 1tnd sow before he can rol\p; he must use all lahorious diligence in his cRJling, not discourRged beca.use he does not at once see the fruits of his labour, for the seed may not sprout up quickly, but ever looking upward for the d…
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introduces the fRmlliar formula, "Thie is a faitliful 1111ying," with its rhythmical signi- ficRnce l\11d nrrnngement, to emphasize the importance of what i1 to follow. I. 1''AMIL~AR TRUTHS WITH A CONSOLATORY ABPEC'l'. "If we died with him, we 1hall also hve with him ; if we endure, we shall also reign with him." Ther…
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Vers. 1~18.-A t11arrii'.ng against win babblings, with their tendency to heruy and impiety. .. But shun profane babblings." • L 'l'HE DUTY OF THE HINISTEB TOWARD SUCH BABBLTNGS. He is to shun them, because they are profitless-a mere sound of words, without solid meaning; great swelling words of vauity, not only unprof…
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• V ers. 20, 21.-The Church in ita visible aspect before the world. The apostle seems to he answering the question why there are such unworthy members in the visible communion of the Church. I. THE CHURCH IS LIKE A GREAT BOUSE WITH VARIOUS SORTS OJ' VESSELS. "Now in a great house there are nut only vessels of gold and…
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and humble epi1it, becauee they may be ignorant, or ill-informed, or deeply prejudiced rrorn tho circumatances of their early training. JI. THE BENEP1T8 THAT Wll,T, ACCRUE ll'ROH BUCH METHODS 011' IN8TRU<7rl0IIT. "If God prro<lvcntnre will give them repentance nnto the knowledge of the truth, and they may n·cover them…
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,lead, Timothy must etltnd forward. Fur this he would require a liberal supply of slren11:th. With paternal Rnxiety, thon, he- pnints him to the great Source of strength, ,·iz. the gracl' t.hat is in Uhrist. Je,us and obtaino<l by him for us, or the lordly power t,i blei,s without respect to t.he merit of the recipi…
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himself to the great Commander. 2. The athlete. "And if also a man contend in the games, he ie not crowned, except he have contended lawfully." The Greeks were great admirers of phyftical perfection. Even their men of genius, like Plato, engaged in athletic contests on public occasions. Great enconrngement waa given…
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rensation for p1W811t snfl'erlngw, not only in its quality, but In ita being eternal. How 1 hen, WIii! he to help forward the destiny of the elect, and at the same time hi■ o~ de~tiny? Be could not preach in his dungeon; but he could follow np the preaching of others by a brave bearing. He could show that he could a…
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tho metaphor Is, there can be no donbt that the idea 111 that, Instead or trifting with the Word, he was to go right lato and lay open the Divine truth it contRined. 111. WHY THE METHOD OP THE HERETIOS WAS TO BE AVOIDED. "But shun prorane babblings: for they will proceed farther in ungodliness, and their word will e…
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the one cl&1111 to vessels or gold and of silver, and the other cla~s to Tes~els of wood and of earth-vessels put to honourable uses and ves~els put to dishono11rnble uses. In the f0rme1 clasM were Moses and Aaron, and in the latter class Kornh, Di\than, an<l Abiram, as shown in the d11y of tri11l. The Christian Chu…
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on promised strength. Then there is love, or proper regard for the common or individual good. There iR, lastly, peace, or the keeping up of cordial intercourse and co-operation with brethren. 'l'lte society by which he has to do his duty is regarded as composed of "them that call on the Lord ont of a pure heart." Al…
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ing, ~ may compare t.he ..-,p,.pxdµff'o, of m_eaning (see A1tpa.,-fa, Matt. nil!. 211) Aote IX. J,i, "Vllgtthnn,I ,TPwe." R,wb VRgl\• Fieroe (from frnu, wild, sllvn.ge); ilv~µ•po1; hond• WPrr 11a11ally bonat.rro. lfrncn .l.!1.a(~• only hero m the New Tcstnmcnt. and not <'R!"e t.o mPRn "" hoa,trr." Haughty, found in U…
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BooU), here In oontrast with 36vaµir the in whluh It is here need. It seems to con- reality. In Rom. Ii. 20, the only other place vey the idea of passive helpleemeee. Led In the New Testament where µ&ptp"'"" awe.y (a-y6µ•va); witl:i a strong intimation of ooours, there is no contrast, and ao it h&e unresisting weakne…
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progreuln! evil. They would "proceed (li,w-,,,u.oi't); e.e Matt. 11111. 21; Acts viii. l ; further in ungo,llin,•ss," 1\8 he s1tid in oh. ii. xiii. 50; 2 Cor. xii. 10, cte. Suffering■ 16, botnot up to the point of destroying the ( To,, ,ra8,fµ.C11nv); usually so rendered in the gospel, 88 history bu sho•.-n. The vuri…
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thou, etc. Do not like these juggling heretics, In, A.V. Every Boriptnre, etc. There Rre /,low11 nbout hy ovcry wi11d of ,Ioctrine, and two Wfl)'S of construing this importa.nt pa•- alwnys seoking some now thing, but abide aagc: (A) As in the A. V., in which e,&,,v,v- in lhe old truths which thou host learnt crTos i• p…
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t:-lorlptnre." 1 Whe.t followe of the ve.riou1 mee.ning. The Greek, T~v Iv 811rm100-Jv'll, nee■ of Holy Scripture ie not truP nf "every merely limite the 1r,11,,la to the aphero of Soripture." One Soriptnr~ ie p1'0fitahlo for righteonenoss or Christinn vhtnP. Bv the doctrine, e.nother for reproof, e.nd so on. use of…
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talned? When those perilous time& are a.t their height in which a.II the natural a.ft'ec- tions of men eeem to be blighted, and a.II the natural sa.feguarde against the !!l'owth or evil seem to be overborne by the floods or ungodliness, when a proud boasting°spirit, ae empty a.s it is pretentious, carries men into all…
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Ver. 5.-The relaticm of the apostasy to~ <Jhristian professwn. I. TaE EXTERNAL FORM OF PIETY IS TO EXIST 'DNDEB THE APOSTASY. "Haviog a form of godliness." The picture is that of a Christianized paganism in the Church. There was to be a scrupulous re1te.rd for all ritualistic regularity; e.n outward show of devoutnes…
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Vers. 10--12.-The career of the apostk commended as an example to his youthful disciple. The apostle recalls to Timothy's mind the facts of bis own ch,·ckere<l ca.ri·n. partly to mark the contrast between his life and that of the false teachers, partly to stimulate Timothy to like faithfulness and pn,lurance. I, IT IS…
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II. TeE GROUNDS or ms CERTAINTY AND AABUBANOE. "Knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a. ha.be thou hast known the Holy Scriptnree, which are able to make thee wiee to salvation through fa.ith which le in ChriRt Jesns." 1. He had been taught sownd doctrine by Lou aAd Euniu. His, therefore, proper for pa…
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Ver. 5.-The hypocrite's garb. "Having R form of ii;odliness, but denying the power thereof." There may be consc•ous and unconscious hypocrisy. Either way godliness is "feigned." There is no 1,ulsing heart of life in it. lt8 appearance is only like phosphorus on the face of the dead; its activity is only the galvanized…
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extend. 'I'hey are to embrace distinct timP.B, hnt all characterized by grievo11Bne~9. From what follows we may infer that the grievousness of the times will consist in the )'revalence or moral evil, and in the strange coexiste11ce of moral evil with Chri.tian forms. There will be difficulty in knowillg how to act, anr…
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unholy &re those who b&ve no rr,·crence or love in their he&rlll for these cverlRsl i 11i: MnC'tities. ln the grievous times the most s11crcd bonds &re to bedisreg1udcd. "With• out n&turRl Rffortion." Affection 1s thl\t which sweciens life. In the grievous timeH l\ffection is tn die ont, e,·r11 for those for whom nl…
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lcngtheneil out to them II mingling of Rens11al and intellectual gratificati.,n. 2. With- 1ta11din_q the truth. (1) 'l'ype of their o-ppo,s,:tion. "And like aR Jannes anrl Jambres withstood Moses, BO do these 11leo withst!lnd the truth; 111e11 corrnptc,I ;r, min-1, repru• hate co11cerning the faith." 'fhe o.poetle he…
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under Jewish instigation, the mob stoned Paul and dr1Lggrd him ont of the city, suppoaing that he was deRd. Such were th,· per8!'Cntions, the last especially sharp aud extreme, under which Paul bore up, of wLkh T111,othy had a distinct impreHsioo, and which were fitted to embolden him still. (3) Comfo1·table issue o…
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I here 11.re some who make th~mse\ves wiser than God's Word, and think they know hetter about things than God does, nnd so perish by being wise in their own conceit& and refusing to be guid,·d. (c) Uonditioo of efficiency. "Through faith which Is in Ghrist Jesus." The Scriptures cannot do more than make us wise unto…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER IV. dYm. So in the Nicvne Creed : " He ahall con,e again with glory to judge both the Ver. 1.-In the sight of G~d, and of Ohriat quick and the dead: whose kingdom shall Jeeue for therefore before God and the Lord have no end" (comp. Matt. xxv. 31, J.:snx Ohri~t, A.V. and T.R.; and by for at, fo…
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oh&nMlt.lr. Endure (o\vlfov-ra,); usually, u Teate.ment. But •~a.n,,A.,tr-rfis, an evangelist, Bishop Ellicott observes, applied by St. occurs elsewhere only In Aots xxi. 8 and Paul to persons as the object., as elsewhere Eph. iv. II. Fnlftl thy miniatry, Thi■ is in the New Testament (Matt. xvii. 17; Acts rather a w…
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mon nee In cfoesfoal Greek; hence simply or the New Testament, is thie term applieit "to depart," The olassical use of livdA.u,r,r ~irectly eithe! f-? God or to Christ. Surely rather favours the sense, either of" release" its use here 1s mfluenced by the preceding or of" dissolution." But St. PRul's use of metaphor …
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I• thought to be a shortened form of nemar- Peter e.t De.bylon. The expression, "take" eh,,,. If 80, we have a slig-ht ndditinn,,I (&va>.allw>), sc<'ms to imply thnt Timothv indiPRtiou of his being a 'l'lwssnloniRn, us was to pick him up on the way, as the word eompounde with arch.os or arches would is nsed in Acts …
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the l,Btin prenn1a, the thick overcoat or Ephe@11e or flt Rome? Bengel •ngx~•I• clolrn. Only hero in the New TestFtment. Rr,mo,and wilh g,·ent. prnhBhilily. Perhapa Some think it wns the bBg in which the he did him Pvil hy •tirring up the ,Jews al books and parchments were packed. The Hnmo Againat the apostle at the…
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with t.>n thousand followera, and so there i~ "Tho ~ord, wh~ sklod by me at my trio.I, wu no trial. Paul, like hie Lord and Mn.st-Or, will contrnuo to he my Se.viour. Ho will of whom it ie written, "All hie disciples for- deliver me from every evil doeign of mrne sook him anrl fled." had no one to &te.nd enemies, e.…
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nowhere else. The name la not nncomrnon Claudia. may either have learnt Christianity as e. Greek name, and appears also in the from Pomponia, or me.y he.ve conveyed the patronymic Eubulides, and the female name knowledge of the gospel to her. On the Eubuk. And Pudena, and Linus, and Claudia. oth,,r hailll, the name of …
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speaking a.s in the immediate presence of the great Judge of the quick and the dead, with the expectation of the gn•at epiphany in full view, with all the glories of the mediatorial kingdom spread out before hie mind's eye, he urgfS him to the work-the ministerial work; the enngelistic work; the work in which Paul h…
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