The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Timothy — Section 21

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." To the aubverting ( ...r1 1<11..-11- exBAlt force of whioh ie eeen in the eubst.nn- ,,.,po<f,fil; eleewliere only in 2 Pet. ii. 6, where tive ,\1roµo,,.;,, p&tionoe, eo frequently u.ttri- it is used of a material overthrow, a.a it ie buted to the euff'ering mints of Gori. in the LXX. of Gen. xix. 29, to which St. Ver. 11.-Faithful u the saying for it is a Peter is referring. The history of its nee faithful saying, A.V.: died for be dead, A.V. here of a moral overthrow, which is not borne Died; i.e. in b&ptism (Rom. vi. 8), 11,e denoted out by its elaesica.l use, seems to be 11,at the by the e.oriet. But the denth with Christ e.postle had in bis mind the very common in bu.ptiam is conceived of e.s ce.rrying with mete.phor of oi1<060µ1J, edification, as the it, as 11, consequence, the daily dee.th of which proper result of spea.king e.ud teaching, e.nd St. Pe.ul spee.ks so often (Ge.I. ii. 20; 1 Cor. so uses the contrary to "builrling up," viz. xv. Sl; 2 Cor. iv. 10), e.s well u the dee.th ft.TI "overthrowiug" or "destrul'tioo,'' to to sin. describe the effect of the teaching of those Ver. 12.-.Etadure for 1ufe-r, A.V.: shall vain talkers e.nd deceivers (comp. ver. 18). deny for deny, A.V. and T.R. Endure; e.s Ver. 15.-Gitre diligence to present for ver. 10. Me.rk the present tense e.s dis- etudy to ,how, A.V.; handling aright for tinguished from 1he u.orist in a,r,Bdvoµ,v, rightlydi'lliding, A.V. Give diligenoe. The betokening patient continue.nee in suff'ering. A.V. "study," if we give it its proper force, If we shall deny him (ap1111a-&µ•Ba); comp. e.s in the Latin studeo, studium, etudU>BWJ, Me.tt. L SO; Luke xii. 9; Acts iii. 13, 14, expresses the sense of a-1rou6aa-ov exe.ctly. eto. Zeal, earnest desire, effort, e.n,l baste, are Ver.13.-.ArefaithleBI for beliet1e not, A.V.; all implied in it (comp. eh. iv. 9, 21; Titus he for yet he, A. V.: for he for he, A.V. e.nd iiL 12; 2 Pet. i. 10, 15; iii. B). To present T.R. Are faithless ( a,r,a-.-oiiµ,v); meaning thyaeff (1rapaa-.-110-a.,, to present); as in Luke the same e.s the A.V. believe not, which is ii. 22 ; Acts i. 3; ix. 41. In l Cor. viii. 8 everywhere iu the New Teste.ment the sense it has the sense of "to commend," nee.rly of a11,a-.-l~ (Me.rk xvi. 11; Luke xxiv. 11; the same as 60,c,µov 1rap110-.-11ua,. The render- Rom. iii. S, etc.). (For the contra.et between ing, to 1how thyself, of the A.V. is u. very man's unbelief and God's fe.itl,fuluess, see good one, and is preserved in tl,e R. V. of Rom. iii. S.) Ke o&DD.ot deny himself, by Acts i. 3. Approved (001<1µov; Rom. xvi. 10; coming short of any promise once me.de by 1 Cor. xi. Hl, etc.); one that has been tried him (comp. Titus i. 2; Heb. vi. 18; x. 23, e.nd tested and found to be sterling; pruperly eto.). This and the two preceding couplets of metals. This, with the two following in ven. 11 and 12 me.ke up "the fe.ithful que.lifica.tions, "e. workman that needeth not saying" spoken of in ver. 11 (see I Tim. i. to be e.she.med," and "one the.t rightly 15, note). handles the Word of truth," is the character Ver, 14.-In the right o/for before, A.V.: which Timothy is exhorte<l to e.ppear in to for but to, A.V.; th8m that hear for the before God. The dative Ti 8ecjj is governed hearer,, A. V. Put them in remembra.noe by ""P"o-nia-a,, not by s&,,,µov. A workman ( biro1&lp.v110'ice: John xiv. 26; Titus iii. I; Und.T1,v). How natural is such e. fi2;ure in 2 Pet. i. 12). St. Paul skilfully strengthens the mouth of Paul, who wrought at. his trade his preoeding exhorte.tions to Timothy by with Aquile. e.ud Priscilla (Acts xviii. 3), now charging him to impress upon others- and we.s working 11ight and day e.t Thes•a- referring, perhaps, especie.lly to" the fe.ithful lonicH, the.t he might earn his own living 1 men n spoken of in ver. 2, but gene1·e.lly to That needeth not to be i.sbamed (iivm11i- the whole dock committed to him-tlte truths a-xvVTov); not found e.nywhere else, either in which he had just been urging upon Timothy. the New Test&ment or in the LXX., or in Charging (ll,,,,,.,.p.-6poµ,vor); as l Tim. v. 21 ol11BBice.l Greek. Bengel hits the right force e.ndoh. iv. I. Strive ... about words (,1.'>')'oµt1- of the word when he renders it" non pude- x•iv): only here in the New Teste.ment or fe.ctum," only that by the common use of elsewhere. But ,\o-yoµax(,. ooours in 1 Tim. the pa.ssi ve pe.rticipial form ( compare dv•~•- vi. 4 e.nd in le.te Greek. Another ree.diug x11CauTos, Gve(epe1JV1}Tos, rl.va.pUJµ.71Tos, etc.), it is ,\o')'oµdxu, as if addressed to Timothy ml'e.ns further "the.t cannot be put to she.me." himself, but Ao-yoµt1x•iv is supported by the The workman whose work is skimped is put best 11,uthoritiea, and agrees best with the to she.me when, upon its being tested, it iii oontext. To no profit ; literally, useful for found to be be.d, dishonest work ; the work- nothing; serving no ~ood purpose. Xp~a-11&011, m,iu whose work, like himself, is ~""'I""'• which ooours nowhere else in the New Tes- honest, conscientious, good work, and more- t1tment, is found repeatedly in the LXX., over sound e.nd skilful work, never he.s been, and t■ very common in cle.ssioal Greek, and never can be, put to shame. St. Paul where it is followed by ,1,, l..-1, and ,rp&s. The 11how11 how to secure its beiDg good work, 15  '.!2 THE SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. [on. n. 1-26.