/« rr^ — (xa/) dia rov evayyeXiov, made manifest by His appearing — (and) by the Gospel.
11. 'Edvuv, of the Gentiles) Construe this not only with teacher, but also with preacher and apostle. There are three designations, preacher, apostle, teacher. I. A public preacher is one who may discharge his office even in one and the same place. II. An
tile goes about everywhere ; but he would have fully satisfied the requirements of his apostolic office, if he had once for all declared his message. III. Teacher. Here we have in addition diligence and perseverance in teaching ; from which arose suf fering.
12. TaSra xdffy^u, 1 suffer these things) These adversities hap pen to me. — yap, for) Confidence as to the future drives away shame. — w) He says f, not r'm. I know Him, in tvhom1 I have placed my faith, although the world knows Him not. — Ts^/Vrsuxa) I have believed, and committed to Him my deposit. Here the faithfulness of God is intended ; comp. ch. ii. 13 : His power also is presently afterwards mentioned [He is able]. — ^s^&ia^ai, I am persuaded) Rom. viii. 38. — dwarbg, able) against so many enemies. — rqv irapaQfaw, my deposit) There is one deposit which, committed to us by God, we ought to keep, ver. 13 $ comp. ch. ii. 2, vapdQov, commit : there is another which, committed to God by us, and mentioned in this verse, He keeps ; and this is indeed our soul, 1 Pet. iv. 19 ; comp. Luke xxiii. 46, that is, ourselves and our heavenly portion. Paul, with death imme diately before him, had two deposits, one to be committed to the Lord, and another to Timothy. — <p uXaga/, to keep) even in death. — Ixe/vjjv, that) ver. 18, ch. iv. 8.
13. ' TKorviruMv2) ' YtforvTroopai, I revolve in the mind. Therefore Paul wishes that those things which Timothy had once heard, should be always kept in view, and should remain impressed on
1 Not T/W, Who the person is, in whom : T/W. — ED.
2 Engl. Vers. translates the form. Beng. takes it, a lively and lasting mental impression. — ED.
However Wahl, Clavis, translates it, delineatio, forma, '* a delineation," " a form," from vKorvvoofAott, adumbro, delineo, Poll. xxii. 13,6, " I give an outline or sketch of." If any particular form of sound words were meant, T»JZ/ would have been prefixed. The Engl. Vers., without warrant, gives the article. The absence of it makes Bengel's interpretation likely. —ED.