Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 2:13
13. Abideth faithful Faithful to what? Not faithful to restore us from our apostasy and still save us. Nor, as Alford, (and, indeed, all the commentators we consult seem to miss here,) faithful to his promise above to deny us if we believe not. But faithful to the very one to whom we are unfaithful and unbelieving himself. He will be true to his own identity, his own glorious self. That he will be firm to his purpose to deny us for our unfaithfulness is, however, inferentially... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 2:11-13
11-13. The dead, suffer, believe, of these verses present us in the humble side of the antithesis of 2 Timothy 2:8. The live, reign, abideth, furnish the exalted side. read more