For (yap). Faithful is the saying that the elect shall obtain salvation with eternal glory, for if we be dead, etc.+
* Others connect with what follows: I endure —on this account, namely, that the elect may obtain salvation. For the elects’ sake is not against this connection, since God’s election does not do away with the faithful efforts of his servants.
+ Others refer faithful is the saying to what follows, and render ydp namely.
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The following words to the end of ver. 12 may be a fragment of a hymn or confession, founded on Rom. vi. 8; viii. 17.
If we be dead with him (e¢ cvvarreOdvopev). A.V. misses the force of the aorist. Better, if we died, etc. Comp. Rom. vi. 8; Col. ii. 20. For the verb, comp. Mk. xiv. 31; 2 Cor. vii. 3.
12. If we suffer we shall also reign with him (ed d7ropevo- bev, Kal cuvBactredoouev). For suffer, rend. endure. Zupr- Bactreve to reign with, only here and 1 Cor. iv. 8. Comp. L. xix. 17,19; xxii. 29,30; Rom.v. 17; Apoc. iv. 43 v. 10; Xx.
If we deny him he also will deny us (e¢ dpynadueba, Kaxei- vos apyncetar judas). The verb °P. Him must be supplied. The meaning of the last clause is, will not acknowledge us as his own. Comp. L. ix. 26; Matt. x. 33.
18. If we believe not (ei dmicrodpev). Better, are faith- less or untrue to him. Comp. Rom. iii. 8. In Pastorals only here.
Faithful (acrds). True to his own nature, righteous char- acter, and requirements, according to which he cannot accept as faithful one who has proved untrue to him. To do this would be to deny himself.
14. Put them in remembrance (i7rouiuvnoxe). OP. See on wmrdpvnow reminding, ch. i. 5.
Charging (dvapaprupéuevos). In Paul only 1 Th. iv. 6. Very frequent in Acts. See on Acts ii. 40; xx. 23. The sense is rather conjuring them by their loyalty to God. Paul uses the simple paptipecOar in a similar sense. See Gal. v. 8; 1 Th. ii. 12 (mote); Eph. iv. 17.
Before God (évwzvov tov Geod). See on 1 Tim. vy. 4.
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Strive about words (Aoyouayeiv). N. T.% %LXX, Class. Comp. Aoyouaxylas disputes of words, 1 Tim. vi. 4, and see 1 Cor. iv. 20.
To no profit (éx’ oddév ypnotpov). Lit. to nothing useful. *En’ ovdév, °P. He uses els xevdv to no purpose. See 2 Cor. vi. 13) Gal... 2; Philip. ii 163; 1 Th. iii. 5... Xpsjcepos useful, N. T.°.
To the subverting (él catacrpody). *Em) does not mean here ¢o or for (purpose or object), but indicates the ground on which the unprofitableness of the wordy strife rests. Unprofitable because it works subversion of the hearers. Katactpody subversion, transliterated into catastrophe, only here and 2 Pet. ii. 6. In LXX of the destruction or over- throw of men or cities. Karacrpépew to overturn, Matt. xxi. 12; Mk. xi. 15; Acts xv. 16, cit. Paul uses cadaipecis pulling down, 2 Cor. x. 4, 8; xiii. 10.
15. Study (crovdacov). Originally, make haste. In Paul, Gal. ii. 10; Eph. iv. 3 (mote); 1 Th. ii. 17.
To shew thyself approved (ceavrov Séxipmov rapactricat). Ilapacrhcat, better, present. In Pastorals only here and ch. iv. 17. Often in Acts and Paul. See on Acts i. 3; Rom. xvi. 2; Eph. v. 27. Adxtwov approved, only here in Pastorals, five times by Paul. See on Jas.i.12. On doxiur approvedness, Rom. v. 4; and on Soxipdfew to approve on test, 1 Pet. i. T.
A workman (épydrnv). In Paul, 2 Cor. xi. 18; Philip. iii. 2. In Pastorals, 1 Tim. v. 18.
That needeth not to be ashamed (averraicyurrov). N.T.°. °LXX, Class. Lit. not made ashamed, as Philip. i. 20. A workman whose work does not disgrace him.