2 Timothy 4:1-16 KJV

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

There is still another name with an untold, yet thrilling, story behind it in this roll. The Man Who Redeemed Himself Paul urges Timothy to bring Mark with him "for he is profitable to me for the ministry." The word ministry is not used in its narrower sense of the ministry of the Church but in its wider sense of service. "Bring Mark," says Paul, "for he is very useful in service." As E. F. Scott puts it; "Bring Mark, for he can turn his hand to anything." Or, as we might put it in our own... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

Helpers And A Hinderer And A Last Request So the list of names goes on. Of Crescens we know nothing at all. Titus was another of Paul's most faithful lieutenants. "My true child," Paul calls him ( Titus 1:4 ). When the trouble with the Church at Corinth had been worrying him, Titus had been one of Paul's emissaries in the struggle to mend things ( 2 Corinthians 2:13 ; 2 Corinthians 7:6 ; 2 Corinthians 7:13 ; 2 Corinthians 12:18 ). Tychicus had been entrusted with the delivery of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:16-22

4:16-22 At my first defense no one was there to stand by me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned against them! But the Lord stood beside me, and he strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation of the gospel was fully made so that the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the mouth of the lion. The Lord will rescue me from every evil, and will save me for his heavenly kingdom. Glory be to him for ever and ever. Amen. Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the family of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:16-22

Finally there come greetings sent and given. There is a greeting to Priscilla and Aquila, that husband and wife whose home was ever a church, wherever it might be, and who had at some time risked their lives for Paul's sake ( Acts 18:2 ; Romans 16:3 ; 1 Corinthians 16:19 ). There is a greeting to the gallant Onesiphorus, who had sought out Paul in prison in Rome ( 2 Timothy 1:16 ) and who, it may be, had paid for his loyalty with his life. There is a greeting to Erastus, whom once Paul... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1

I charge thee therefore before God ,.... Whose word the Scriptures are, and by whom they are inspired; who had made Timothy an able minister of the New Testament, and to whom he was accountable for his ministry: and the Lord Jesus Christ ; who is equal with God, and bestows ministerial gifts on men, and from whom Timothy had his; whose Gospel he preached; in whose cause he was embarked; and before whom he must appear, to give an account of his ministry, talents, and souls under his care:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word ,.... Either Christ the essential Word, who is the sum and substance of the Gospel ministry; or the word of truth and faith, the Gospel of salvation, the word of righteousness, peace, and reconciliation by Christ; which is to be preached, or published, in like manner as heralds proclaim the will of their princes; openly, publicly, and with a loud voice, without adding to it, or taking from speaking out the whole, and keeping back no part of it; and that with all courage and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come ,.... This is a reason of the solemn charge above given: the time referred to was future, when the apostle wrote, but quickly came on; and the characters of it have appeared more or less in all ages since; and in none more than in ours: when they will not endure sound doctrine ; the Gospel which contains the wholesome words of Christ, and is sound itself, having no corruption in it, and salutary in its effects to the souls of men; and yet such is the depravity of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:4

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth ,.... The solid truths of the Gospel, not being able to bear the hearing of them: and shall be turned unto fables ; things idle, trifling, useless, and, unprofitable; and which are no better than old wives' fables; some respect may be had either to Jewish fables, or to the miraculous mythologies of the Gentiles, or of the Gnostics, and others: but in general, it includes everything that is vain, empty, and senseless; and this is to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:5

But watch thou in all things ,.... Relating to himself, his doctrine, and conversation; and to others, to feed the flock of God under his care, to know the state of them, and care for them; to give the time of night, and notice of approaching danger, and see the laws of Christ put in execution; either in allusion to shepherds, who watch over their flocks night and day; or to watchmen that are upon the walls of cities, or go about them; or to the priests and Levites in the temple: endure... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:6

For I am now ready to be offered ,.... Or poured out, as a libation, or a drink offering; or as the blood was poured out at the bottom of the altar; which is expressive of martyrdom, and shows that the apostle knew what death he should die; for which he was habitually ready; and this sacrifice of himself was not to atone for sin, his own, or others; Christ's death was the only sacrifice for sin, and that is a complete one, and needs no other to be added to it; but this was in the cause of... read more

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:16-22

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:16-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:6

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