1—6.
ἑτέρους διδάξαι.
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k Here only, N.T. 11. 7, 9 only, N.T.
1 Here only, not LXX. ο See x Tim. i. 8.
1 σὺ οὖν κακοπάθ. CcDcKL, syrhcl-txt, go.
(Hy fot. vii. ed. Potter, ii. p. 1015) that the πολλοὶ μάρτυρες mean testimonies frem the Law and the Prophets is only a curiosity of exegesis.
παράθου: See note oni Tim. 18.
πιστοῖς : trustworthy, carries on the figure of the faith as a deposit. It is possible, as Bengel suggests, that the injunctions in vy. 14-21 have reference to these ministers.
ἱκανοί: qualified. Seereff. δυνατός, in Tit. i. 9, expresses capability as proved by experience.
Vv. 3-13. The condition of all success is toil; toil which may involve pain. Think of the price of -α soldier’s victory, the conditions of an athlete’s crown, of a field-labourer’s wage. Our Lord Jesus Himself, as man, is the great Exemplar of this law. I am another. This is a faithful saying ; and therefore we sing, ““We shall live with Him because we died with Him, etc.”.
Ver. 3. συνκακοπάθησον: Take thy part in suffering hardship (R.V.m.). This general reference is better than to supply μοι, as eV See note on it, tele
η: cf. συνστρατιώτης, Phil. . 25, Philem. 2. Ver. 4. στρατευόμενος : militans Deo
(Vulg.). Soldier, in the sense of a person belonging to the army, not soldier on service, as R.V., which makes the same error in Luke iii. 14 marg. (See Expositor, Vi., Vii. 120). ἐμπλέκεται : implicat se (Vulg.). The verb is used in a similar metaphor, 2 Pet. ii. 20, but in a more adverse sense than here. A soldier, who is bound to go anywhere and do any thing at the bidding of his captain, must have no ties of home or business. The implied coun- sel is the same as that given in 1 Cor. vii. 26-34, with its warnings against dis- traction between the possibly conflicting interests of the Lord and of this life. Note the use of ἀρέσκω in x Cor. vii. 33:34. VOL. IV.