John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 2:7
Consider what I say ,.... The advice given by the apostle to Timothy, to be strong in the grace of Christ; to commit the doctrines of the Gospel to faithful and able men; and to endure hardness for the sake of it: as also the characters which he bore as a soldier, a runner in a race, or a wrestler, and an husbandman; and therefore must not expect ease and rest, but war, difficulties, toil, and labour; and likewise under what titles Christ was to be regarded; as his General, and Captain of... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that laboureth ,.... In manuring his ground, in ploughing, in sowing, in weeding, in reaping, &c.; must be first partaker of the fruits ; of his labour, before others; and the design may be to observe that the ministers of the word ought first to be partakers of the grace of God, the fruits of the Spirit, and of the Gospel, and rightly and spiritually understand it, before they preach it to others; or that such who labour in the word and doctrine, ought in the first... read more