2 Timothy 4:6-18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

Observe, I. How awfully this charge is introduced (2Ti. 4:1): I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. Observe, The best of men have need to be awed into the discharge of their duty. The work of a minister is not an indifferent thing, but absolutely necessary. Woe be to him if he preach not the gospel, 1Cor. 9:16. To induce him to faithfulness, he must consider, 1. That the eye of God and Jesus Christ was upon... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

Here are divers particular matters which Paul mentions to Timothy, now at the closing of the epistle. 1. He bids him hasten to him, if possible (2Ti. 4:9): So thy diligence to come shortly to me. For Timothy was an evangelist, one who was not a fixed pastor of any one place, but attended the motions of the apostles, to build upon their foundation. Paul wanted Timothy's company and help; and the reason he gives is because several had left him (2Ti. 4:10); one from an ill principle, namely,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:16-22

Here, I. He gives Timothy an account of his own present circumstances. 1. He had lately been called to appear before the emperor, upon his appeal to Caesar; and then no man stood with him (2Ti. 4:16), to plead his cause, to bear testimony for him, or so much as to keep him in countenance, but all men forsook him. This was strange, that so good a man as Paul should have nobody to own him, even at Rome, where there were many Christians, whose faith was spoken of throughout the world, Rom. 1:8.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6-8

4:6-8 For my life has reached the point when it must be sacrificed, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight: I have completed the course: I have kept the faith. As for what remains, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which on that day the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me--and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing. For Paul the end is very near and he knows it. When Erasmus was growing old, he said: "I am a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Paul goes on, still speaking in these vivid pictures of which he was such a master: "I have fought the good fight: I have completed the race: I have kept the faith." It is likely that he is not using different pictures from three different spheres of life, but one picture from the games. (i) "I have fought the good fight." The word he uses for fight is agon ( Greek #73 ), which is the word for a contest in the arena. When an athlete can really say that he has done his best, then, win or... read more

William Barclay

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

4:9-15 Do your best to come and see me soon. Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful in service. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come bring with you the cloak which I left behind at Troas at Corpus' house, and bring the books, especially the parchments. Alexander, the coppersmith, did me a... read more

William Barclay

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

The Gentile Of Whom All Spoke Well After Paul has spoken of the man who was the deserter, he goes on to speak of the man who was faithful unto death. "Luke alone is with me," he says. We know very little about Luke, and yet even from that little he emerges as one of the loveliest characters in the New Testament. (i) One thing we know by implication--Luke accompanied Paul on his last journey to Rome and to prison. He was the writer of the Book of Acts. Now there are certain passages of Acts... read more

William Barclay

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

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