The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Timothy — Section 19

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 Chrut Juu, for Jerua Christ, A.V. e.nd T R ~hich_ is the same thing, ;ITll'llgthen thv•~lf; Buffer hardship with me (11vyKa.Komf.B 71 u~v). 1mplyrng, perhaps, though gently expressed, wh;ich .is the rea.ding " supported by tb~ some previous wee.knees, e.e in Heh. i:i, 34, ~e1ght1est ~nthonties" (Hnlher), a.a in eh. " From wee.kneeH were made strong· " where I. 8. T~e Blmple form Ka,c01rc/.1!7J11ov, wl,ich is t~e image seems to ,be the.t of recov'ery from the rea<!mg of the T.R., occurs also in ver. sickness. In Eph, v1. I0, however(ilv6uvaµou- 9 of this chapter, in eh. iv. 5, e.nrl in J a.s. 118• ,Iv Kupl'f'), there ia no evidence of pre- v. 13, ~nd Ka.Ko1ra8,i11 in Ja.s. v. I O. Both ceding weakness, but only a oa.11 to 1188 the these simple forms e.re cl9.88ical. But the strength they had ; e.nd it me.y be so here context favours the compound form e.nd iH too, The strength, Timothy ia reminded by supported by eh. i. 8, 12. (For th~ senti- which he was to fight the good fight ~as ~ent, Jee the" Ministration of P11hlic Be.p- not hie own, but tbe.t which would co:Ue to tlSID "-" We receive this child," etc.) him from the grace and love of Jesus Christ Ver. 4.-Soldier on Bervice for man that (comp. 1 Cor. i:v. 10: Phil. iv. 13). "'!lrreth, A.V.; in for with, A.V.; enrolled Ver. 2.-Which for that, A.V.: from for him. a, for hath chosen him to be, A. V of, A.V. The things whfoh thou but heard, ~old1er on servioe f11-rl'.11-reuoµevo,); as 1 Cor. etc. Here we have distinctly ennncie.ted LI. 7 ( see, too, 1 Tim. L 18). In Luke iii. H the succeBSion of e.postolica.l doctrine through 111:pa-reuoµ•~o• is rendered simply "soldiers," e.poetolica.l men. We have also set before wtth ~e.rgm,_" Greek, soldier• on ,ermce." ~H the partnenhip of the presbyterate, e.nd, There JS no difference in meaning between m, a secondary degree, of the whole Ohurcb, the "me.n that WlllTeth" in the A.V., e.nd with the apostles and b1Hhops their suoces- the . " soldier on service " of the R. V. aore, in preeerving pure and unadulterated A1f611'8 (1rpa-yµaTEla.«); only here in the New the faith onoe delivered to the B&ints. There Test~ment, but common in the LXX. e.nd in ea.n be little doubt tbe.t St. Pe.ul ia here ?le.s~ca.l G;reek, _where it means, e.s here, alluding to Timothy's ordination 1 u in 'bns1nes~.' "a~all'S," "occupation," "trade,'' 1 Tim. iv. H: vi. 12: eh. i. 6, 7, 13 14 an~ the hk~, with ~e accessory idee. of its Timothy had then heard from the apoi:tle'~ bemg e.n •. e.bsorbmg, engrossing pursuit." lips a certain" form of sound words "-some- Enro~ed him, etc. (u-rpa-ro1'oy/iua.v-r,); only thing in the nature of a creed, some sum- here m the New Testament, not found in mary o~ go~pel truth, whic~ we.a the deposit the LXX., bnt common in classical Greek ple.o~d m his charge: and m committing it for" to levy e.n army," "to enlist soldiers.'' to him, he and the presbyters present had The great lesson here taught is that the le.id their hands on him, and the whole warfare of the Christian soldier requires the Ohuroh had a.ssented, e.nd confirmed the so.me concentration of purpose as that of the ae.me, " Thua through me.ny witnesses," earthly warrior, if he would win the victory. whoae presence and e.BSent, like the.t of wit- Ver. 5:-AZ.o a man for a man also, A.V.; nesses to the execution of e. deed of transfer contend in_ the game, fo~ atrfoe /0'1' masteries, of land (Gen. :a.iii. 10, 16, 18), was necessnry A.V.; he u not for yet ia he not, A. V.; haTJe to make the tranaa.ction valid e.nd complete contended for striTJe, A.V. Contend in the he.d Timothy received his commission ~ games (a.81'6): only here in the New Testa- pree.oh the Word of God; e.nd what he he.d ment, and not found in the LXX. but reoeived he wa.s to he.nd on in like manner common in classical Greek. It me~ " to Ml faithful men, who should be able to tee.eh contend for 1'81'ov" the prize, to be e.n ~he ~m? to othen e.ls~. Commit (,rapa~ou); "athlete." This ia e.lso the mee.nino- of the 1dent1fymg t~e dootnne c?mmitted to be A. V. " strive for masteries." " To ~tri ve " he.uded on with the deposit (1rapa8,\1C11) of means properly to contend with e.n ant:.. 1 Tim. vi, 20 and oh. i. 14. It is important gonist, and "me.stery" is an old English to note here both the concurrence of the '!urJ for "superiority," "victory," or the presbyters e.nd the assent of the Church. hke. Dryden has "mastership" in the Th~ Ch;urch he.s ever been averse to private so.me sense- ord1nat1one, nud has ever associated the " When noble youths for me.stership shonld ~pie e.a oonsentient parties in ordination strive, ('l'liirty-llrat Canon ; Prefe.ee to "Form and To quoit, to run, and steeJs aud chariot, Manner of Mo.king of Dee.oone," and rubric drive." a& olose-" in the faoe of the Church;" (Orid., 'Met.,' bk. L) 20 THE SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. [cB, II. 1-28.