2 Timothy 1:12

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:1-18

The Ups and Downs of a Christian 2 Timothy 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is a mistake to imagine that those who walk with Christ will find a level pathway without any valley or any mountain top, a pathway foreign to hills and dales. Such is far from the case. 1. Difficulties by the way. When Paul addressed his Second Letter to Timothy he made it plain enough that the Christian is not only called upon to believe in the Lord but also to suffer with Him. Paul did not shun to set forth the fact... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:12

CHRISTIAN CONFIDENCE‘I know Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.’ 2 Timothy 1:12 St. Paul knows what none of the wise men of this world know. He knows his Saviour. Here we have an account of this knowledge and the use he made of it. I. The deposit which St. Paul made.—He speaks of having ‘committed’ something—a remarkable expression, which indicates that the transaction is of great importance. Now what was it... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:3-18

SECTION 1. Paul Calls On Timothy To Hold Firm, To Make Full Use Of His God-given Gifts, And Not To Be Ashamed of His Chains, Presenting Before Him The Shining Example Of Onesiphorus (2 Timothy 1:3-18 ). What remains of this chapter now forms a chiasmus in thought as follows: Overall Analysis. a Paul longs to see Timothy (2 Timothy 1:3-5). b He reminds him that God has given him, not a Spirit of fear and timidity, but a Spirit of power and love and sound judgment (2 Timothy 1:6-7). c He... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:8-14

He Calls On Timothy Not To Be Ashamed Of Either His Christian Testimony Or Of Paul, Because Suffering Is An Important Part Of God’s Saving Purposes Which Have Been Revealed in The Appearance of Our Saviour Christ Jesus To Bring Those Saving Purposes About. He Is Rather To Guard The Gospel With The Spirit’s Help (2 Timothy 1:8-14 ). Some of those who were proud to be associated with Paul in his successful ministry had found that it was a different matter when it came to him being imprisoned by... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:12

‘For which cause I suffer also these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him (‘my deposit’) against that day.’ And it was for this reason that he was going through what he was at present suffering. But he was not ashamed or in doubt or troubled at heart, for he knew in Whom he had believed and had absolute confidence in Him. He was absolutely sure, without a vestige of doubt, that He was... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:12-14

( b) 2 Timothy 1:12-2 Chronicles : . An Appeal to Paul’ s own Example.— The second ground of Paul’ s appeal is his own example. He too, being an apostle, suffers hardship. But he is not ashamed ( cf. 2 Timothy 1:8). For the safeguarding of the truth committed to him he relies on God’ s power. Timothy must do the same. He has in Paul’ s own words a pattern of sound teaching. Let him guard his trust, relying, like Paul, not on his own strength, but on the indwelling spirit. 2 Timothy 1:12... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Timothy 1:12

For the which cause I also suffer these things; for the preaching and publishing of which gospel, or for the teaching of the Gentiles, I suffer these things, being accused by the Jews as a seditious person stirring up the people, and by them delivered to the Romans, and by them imprisoned. Nevertheless I am not ashamed; yet I am not ashamed of my chains. For I know whom I have believed, I have committed myself to God, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:8-12

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES2 Timothy 1:8. Of me His prisoner.—This might mean—(a) the prisoner belonging to Him; or (b) one who is a prisoner for His sake; or again (c) one whom He has bound: (b) seems best. Be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel.—R.V. “suffer hardship with the gospel.” Alford, Huther, and Ellicott prefer “but suffer [with me] for the gospel.” According to the power of God.—“In accordance with the power of God which is effectual in thee,” or “which will not fail... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:12

2 Timothy 1:12 I. There is about these words a sort of charm which eludes theological or critical analysis. They assert no historical fact. They can scarcely be said to affirm any moral principle; they establish not one single controversial doctrine. And yet, perhaps, there are hardly any words in the Bible more encouraging, more stimulating, more assuring, better worth remembering, for the spirit which they breathe, and the holy example of courage and of confidence which they set vividly... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Timothy 1:12

DISCOURSE: 2243CONFIDENCE IN GOD A SOURCE OF CONSOLATION2 Timothy 1:12. I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.MAN is born to trouble: and it is of the greatest importance to him that he should know where to turn his eyes in the day of adversity. The Gospel directs us to a reconciled God in Christ Jesus, who has engaged to be our support and comfort under every distress. The Christian has many trials peculiar... read more

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