2 Timothy 4:2

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-2

PREACH THE WORD!‘I charge thee … before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, Who shall judge the quick and the dead … preach the Word.’ 2 Timothy 4:1-Exodus : You remember the context. St. Paul is near his last hour. He is dictating what is for us his dying letter, and he is close to that letter’s end. He is writing to a man whom he has delegated, now for some time, to a large work of organisation and of order. Timotheus was to do many things; but he was supremely to do this thing, to preach the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

SECTION 4. Paul’s Final Charge (2 Timothy 4:1-8 ). In some ways this could be seen as a final charge which sealed all that Paul had taught in his letters. For Paul now places on Timothy’s shoulders the responsibility to take over where he was leaving off, and teach what he has taught, the word of the truth of the Gospel. He knows that his time has come, and Timothy must therefore now recognise, along with others, that under God the future rests with him. He therefore charges him in the most... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:2

‘Preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.’ And what is the charge? It is that he preach ‘the word’, that is, the word of the truth of the Gospel, as evidenced in the Scriptures. He is to do it constantly, both when the time appears to be right, and when it does not, and when men are listening and when they are not. As mentioned in 2 Timothy 3:16 he is to use the Scriptures in order to reprove men and women when they err... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

( c) 2 Timothy 4:1-Ruth : . Timothy’ s Duty in the Crisis.— Threatened with such opposition ( 2 Timothy 3:1-1 Samuel :) and strengthened by such safeguards ( 2 Timothy 3:10-Esther :), Timothy must persistently teach the positive truth. He should be ready to reprove error and proclaim the gospel, whether the occasion seem propitious or not ( 2 Timothy 4:2). For Church members as well as false teachers will cause trouble. Anxious for novelty and “ piling up” congenial instructors, they will... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Timothy 4:2

Preach; proclaim like a herald, cry like a common crier in the hearing of a multitude. Thus God to Isaiah, Isaiah 58:1; Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet. The word; the word of truth, Isaiah 2:15, or the gospel, called the word by way of emphasis: see Matthew 4:23; Matthew 24:14; Mark 1:14; Mark 13:10; Mark 16:15. The word of God, not old wives’ fables, endless genealogies, perverse disputings, unedifying questions, &c. This precept reflects upon unpreaching ministers,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-5

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES2 Timothy 4:1. I charge thee before God.—As in 2 Timothy 2:14. The word of itself does not mean to swear, but only as connected with “in the presence of God.”2 Timothy 4:2. Preach the word.—I.e. herald the word of reconciliation. Be instant in season, out of season.—Stand over them opportunely and inopportunely, on the bare chance of doing good. Reprove.—Includes the blame of everything blameworthy and the conviction of it. In juristic language confute.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Timothy 4:1-2

DISCOURSE: 2258CHARGE TO MINISTERS AND PEOPLE2 Timothy 4:1-2. I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.RELIGION is a matter of far greater importance than men generally imagine. The appointment of an order of men on purpose to instruct mankind in the knowledge of it, and by all possible... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-22

Chapter 4Paul said to Timothy,I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ ( 2 Timothy 4:1 ),Hey, that's heavy duty, man, when you charge a person before God and before the Lord Jesus Christ. Laying a charge now on Timothy.The Lord Jesus Christ,who shall judge the quick and the dead ( 2 Timothy 4:1 )Now the quick is an old English word, it means alive. Someone said in L.A. traffic there are two kinds: the quick and the dead. But the word means alive.The Lord is going to judge those that... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Timothy 4:1-22

2 Timothy 4:1-2 . I charge thee therefore before God preach the word. Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a watch, nor must labourers be negligent in the time of harvest. A man of living faith and ardent charity cannot see souls perish, without using all the requisite means for their salvation. His sermons will be fervent in public worship; and out of season he will preach like Paul, in schools and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Timothy 4:1-2

2 Timothy 4:1-2I charge thee.An earnest chargeCold preaching makes bold sinners, when powerful preaching awes the conscience. Matters of greatest importance must be pressed with greatest vehemence. God putteth not forth great power but for great purpose (Ephesians 1:18-19). (T. Hall, B. D.)Charged before GodThe master’s and the commander’s eye make the servant and the soldier active (Matthew 6:6; Acts 10:4). (T. Hall, B. D.)Earnestness in preachingIt is weakness to be hot in a cold matter, but... read more

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