Verse 18
3. Solemn formula committing this charge to Timothy, 18-20.
18. Prophecies… before… thee Of directive and predictive prophecies we find instances in Acts 13:1-2; Acts 21:10; Acts 21:12. By comparison with the parallel passage (1 Timothy 4:14) we learn that prophecies attended his ordination concurrently with a divine charism imparted within him. These prophecies are here said to be, literal Greek, going before upon thee. On thee, affirms that the prophecies rested down upon him as their subject. Went before implies that they preceded and predicted his future, and were now pointing his path of duty, and inciting him to an energetic prosecution.
That Depending on going before.
War For the errors, heresies, and sins of the day indicated that his life was to be a warfare. With the Greek article, the good warfare.
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