Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
CHAPTER 2 2 Timothy 2:1-7 1. Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 1. Tu ergo, fili mi, fortis esto in gratia, quae est in Christo Iesu. 2. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 2.
Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:1-26
Having thus encouraged Timothy to suffer, he comes in the next place to direct him in his work. I. He must make it his business to edify those who were under his charge, to put them in remembrance of those things which they did already know; for this is the work of ministers; not to tell people that which they never knew before, but to...
Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:14-18
Study to show thyself approved unto God,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "to Christ"; see Rom 16:10. Not unto men, as pleasing them; for such who study to please men, are not the servants of Christ; and sometimes those that are approved to and by men, are disapproved of by God and Christ: but unto God, showing all fidelity and uprightness; speaking out the Gospel openly...