2 Timothy 1:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:6-14

Here is an exhortation and excitation of Timothy to his duty (2 Tim. 1:6): I put thee in remembrance. The best men need remembrancers; what we know we should be reminded of. 2 Pet. 3:1; I write this, to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance. I. He exhorts him to stir up the gift of God that was in him. Stir it up as fire under the embers. It is meant of all the gifts and graces the God had given him, to qualify him for the work of an evangelist, the gifts of the Holy Ghost, the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 1:12-14

1:12-14 And that is the reason why I am going through these things I am going through. But I am not ashamed, for I know him in whom my belief is fixed, and I am quite certain that he is able to keep safe what I have entrusted to him until the last day comes. Hold fast the pattern of health-giving words you have received from me, never slackening in that faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard the fine trust that has been given to you through the Holy Spirit who dwells in you. This... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 1:12-14

But there is another side to this matter of trust; there is another paratheke ( Greek #3866 ). Paul urges Timothy to safeguard and keep inviolate the trust God has reposed in him. Not only do we put our trust in God; he also puts his trust in us. The idea of God's dependence on men is never far from New Testament thought. When God wants something done, he has to find a man to do it. If he wants a child taught, a message brought, a sermon preached, a wanderer found, a sorrowing one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:14

That good thing which was committed to thee ,.... By which he means either his ministerial work and office, which is a good work, the dispensation of which was committed to him, and which it became him so to observe, as that the ministry might not be blamed; or else the good and excellent gifts of the Spirit, which qualified him for the discharge of that work, and which were not to be neglected, but to be stirred up, exercised, and improved, lest they should be lost, or took away; or rather... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:14

That good thing - The everlasting Gospel, keep by the Holy Ghost; for without a continual spiritual energy man can do nothing. This indwelling Spirit will make them effectual to thy own salvation, and enable thee to preach them to the salvation of the souls of others. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:14

Verse 14 14Keep the excellent thing committed to thee This exhortation is more extensive than the preceding. He exhorts Timothy to consider what God has given to him, and to bestow care and application in proportion to the high value of that which has been committed; for, when the thing is of little value, we are not wont to call any one to so strict an account. By “that which hath been committed,” I understand him to mean both the honor of the ministry and all the gifts with which Timothy was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:1-14

Address and salutation. "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord." The language is similar to what is found in other of Paul's Epistles. The peculiarity is that his apostleship is here associated with the promise of the gospel, which like a rainbow spans our sky in this dark world. It is the promise by preeminence;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:8-18

Constancy in the hour of danger. There are great differences of natural temperament in different men. There are those whose courage is naturally high. Their instinct is to brave danger, and to be confident of overcoming it. They do not know what nervousness, or sinking of heart, or the devices of timidity, mean. Others are of a wholly different temperament. The approach of danger unnerves them. Their instinct is to avoid, not to overcome, danger; to shrink from suffering, not to confront... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:14

Guard for keep, A.V.; through for by, A.V. That good thing ( τὴν καλὴν παραθήκην , R.T., for παρακαταθήκην ); see 1 Timothy 6:20 , and note. This naturally follows the preceding verse. Faithfulness in maintaining the faith was closely connected with the maintenance of sound words. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:14

The importance of preserving the precious deposit of doctrine. I. THERE IS A SYSTEM OF TRUTH DEPOSITED IN THE HANDS OF THE CHURCH . "That good deposit keep through the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us." 1 . The truth is not discovered by the Church, but deposited in its keeping. This is the significance of the words of Jude, when he speaks of "the faith once delivered to the saints." That is II. IT IS THE DUTY OF MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF ... read more

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