Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
Verse 11. It is a faithful saying. Or, rather, that which he was about to say was worthy of entire credence and profound attention. . The object is, to encourage Timothy to bear trials by the hope of salvation. For if we be dead with him. . We shall also live with him.
[It is] a faithful saying: For if we be dead with [him], we shall also live with [him]: (8) The fourth admonition: we ought not to contend upon words and questions, which are not only unprofitable, but also for the most part hurtful: but rather upon this, how we may compose ourselves to every manner of patience, and to die also with Christ (that is...
I. To encourage Timothy in suffering, the apostle puts him in mind of the resurrection of Christ (Ti2 2:8): Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead, according to my gospel. This is the great proof of his divine mission, and therefore a great confirmation of the truth of the Christian religion; and the consideration of it should make...
Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:8-13