The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Timothy — Section 54

oh&nMlt.lr. Endure (o\vlfov-ra,); usually, u Teate.ment. But •~a.n,,A.,tr-rfis, an evangelist, Bishop Ellicott observes, applied by St. occurs elsewhere only In Aots xxi. 8 and Paul to persons as the object., as elsewhere Eph. iv. II. Fnlftl thy miniatry, Thi■ is in the New Testament (Matt. xvii. 17; Acts rather a weak rendering of the Greek 1rA.11po• xvili. H; Eph. iv. 2, etc.); bnt not invariably ,pd~11tro11, adopted also in the R.V. of Luke i. <- ll These. i. 4; so too Heb. xiii. 22). In I. The verb ooours elsewhere in Luke i. I; cl8118ioal Greek, "-••x«,Ba,, followed by Rom. iv. 21; xiv. 5, and ver. 17 of this pel'l!Ons or things, usually go\'erns an chapter. The phrase is metaphorical, hut a.ccusative oase, if any, but a geniti\'e fre- it is uncertain whether the metaphor is the.t <tUently in Plato. Hning itohing ean of e. ship borne along by full sails, or of full (,c,,.,601'••0• -r'I/• l&oco,f•); only here in the mee.sure given. If the former is the metaphor, New Teslament. The phrase, ""TI"'"''&;.,..,,,, then the derived meaning, when Applied to i~ ascribed by Plutarch to Plato (Alford), persons, is that of full persuasion, entire and " scratching the (itching) ear;" ""iitrSa, -re\ implicit faith, which carries men forwe.rd in J,.,."' " to tickle the ears " (Lucian) ; a...-01e,,al- a bold and unwavering course; or, when outr1• TI~• -ra ri/-ra (Philo, ap. Ellioott). The npplied to things, the.t of being undoubtedly verb ocv,f8,., (i.q. 1e11ao,) means" to scratch;" believed. But if the metaphor is ta.ken from " to tickle," &nd in the pBBsive "to itch." "bringing full measure," then the sense in Will heap to them1elvea (l,..,,,..,p,6,,.ou,,.,); a the pe.ssive voice when applied to persons oontemptnons word (found only here in will be "to be fully satisfied," i.e. to have the New Testament, and nowhere in early full e.ssure.noe, and, when applied to things, classical Greek), implying the indiscriminate "to be fully believed" (Liddell aud Scott). multiplication oftee.chers ( compare our use of Applying the le.et metaphor to the pe.sse.ge " exaggerate"). The simple ,,..,p,.;.,,, ooonrs before us, the sense will be " discharge thy in eh. iii. 6. After their OWJI lUBta. The ministry to the full." Let there be no stint measure of the number or the quality of of ministerie.l le.hour, hut carry it out in it. their self-chosen teachers will be their own completeness, and to the end. insatiable and ever-varying fancies e.nd Ver. 6.-Already being offered for now mental appetites, not the desire to be tuught ready fo be offered, A.V.; come for at hand, God's truth by teachers sent from God. A. V. I e.m e.lree.dy being offered. The 1-yw Cumpe.re Jeroboe.m's conduct in ordaining is emphe.tic, in contrast with the u6 of ver. e. feast .. in the mouth which he had devised 5 : " Thou, who hast still life before thee, of bis own heart " ( I Kings xii. 33). suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, Ver. f.-WiU turn for they shall turn, me.ke full proof of thy ministry. I oan do A.V.; Alnt aitide fur ah.all be turned, A.V. so no longer, for my martyrdom has alree.dy Will turn away, etc. The sober, sound commenced, e.nd my end is olose e.t hand. doctrine of the Word of God, teaching self- Thou must te.ke my place in the great con- dillcipline, humility, &nd pnrityof bee.rt and flict." Am ... being offertd (tT,r<vaol'a.•); am life, will not assuage their itching ears, e.nd being poured out, e.s the drink offering, or therefore they will turn away from it, e.nd go libe.tion, is poured out. St. P;1ul uses the after more congenial fe.bles-thosetaught by same figure in Phil. ii. 17, where he couples the heretics. Tuni uide (irrpa.-rf/tT011"Ta1); it with the 111crifice e.nd service (or offering a. l Tim. i. 6, note. J'ablea (p.l,Sous): see I up) of the fe.ith of the Pliilippie.ns by him- Tim. L f; iv. 7; Titns i. 14; 2 Pet. i. 16 self e.s the priest, e.nd looks upon the pour- (ou the Jewish origin of these fables, see ing out of his own life e.s the completion of Bi•hop Ellicott's note on I Tim. i. 4). that sacrifice (see Ellicott on Phil.), "The \' er. 5.-Be thou ,ol>M for 1.0atch thou, libe.tiou e.lwe.ys formed the conclusion of the A.\'. ; 1uffer hardllhip for endure ajff,ictio11s, sacrifice, e.nd so the apostle's martyrdom A. V.; ju.I.JU for maM full proof of, A.V. closed his e.postolic service" (Ruther), whirh Be thou 110ber (vjj,p,); as I The••· v. 6, 8; had been e. continue.I sacrifice, in which he l Pet. i. 13; iv. 7; v. 8. The adjective he.cl been the ministering priest (Rom. xv. v11q,clJuos occur& in l Tim. iiL 2 (where see 16). Su that the use of tT'IT<vliol'a.• here uote), 11 ; Titus iL 2. Here "Be sober in exactly agrees with the.t in Phil. ii. 17. ,ill things" clear-ly doe1 not refer to litere.l "My se.crificie.l work," St. Paul says," being 110briety, which Timothy was in little de.nger now finished e.nd ended, I e.m performing of tre.nsgres1ing (l Tim. v. 23), but com- the le.et solemn a.et, the pouring out of my prehends clee.rne111, ce.lmne111, 1teadine1s, own life in martyrdom, to which J she.II pe.ss i.nd modere.tion in all things. Bu.Jf'er hard- out of the priHon where I now e.m." The ahip (1euo-rcUl711Tov); as eh. ii. 3 (T.R.) and 9. time of my departure (T~s 11'-~f d11aA.61T«.,s). All evugeliat (<ua.n•"-•tT-roii); one whose The word is found nowhere else in the New bWliness it ia to preach the gospel, e.ccord- Teatament, Lut St. Paul uses the verb a.va• ing to Matt. x:L l'i. The verb •ua.yy,7'.((uv, 7'.iitTa,, "to depe.rt," in Phil. i. 23, where, the "to preach the g011pel," e.nd •ur,yy/7'.,ov, "the verb being in the e.ctive voice, the metaphor go•pel,'' i.rc of.cry frequent use in the New clearly is frow weighing anchor, e.s in oom-  on. 1v. 1-22.] THE SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. 69