2 Timothy 1:8

Verse 8

8. Be not… ashamed As I am not ashamed, 2 Timothy 1:12.

Therefore From the fact that ours is the spirit of power, able to vanquish all false shame.

Testimony In behalf of our Lord; or more properly and forcibly, the Lord’s testimony, a testimony to be performed by us, but truly his. And so in the phrase his prisoner, Paul means to call himself, tersely, Christ’s prisoner; kept a prisoner by Christ in behalf of his gospel.

Partaker As I am Christ’s prisoner, so be thou co-sharer with me of the afflictions of the gospel, dismissing fear and shame, and maintaining a firm sympathy.

According to In proportion to the power of God viewed here by St. Paul (as in Ephesians 1:19) as stupendously displayed in the system of salvation as now described in the verse following.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Whedon was born in 1808 in Onondaga, N.Y. Dr. Whedon was well qualified as a commentator. He was professor of Ancient Languages in Wesleyan University, studied law and had some years of pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review for more than twenty years. Besides many articles for religious papers he was also the author of the well-known and important work, Freedom of the Will. Dr. Whedon was noted for his incisive, vigorous style, both as preacher and writer. He died at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., June 8, 1885.Whedon was a pivotal figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism in the nineteenth-centry America. As a result of his efforts, some historians have concluded that he was responsible for a new doctrine of man that was more dependent upon philosophical principles than scripture.... Show more

Dr. Daniel D. Whedon was a central figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism. He devoted 25 years to writing the New Testament commentaries. Other authors wrote the Old Testament commentaries with Whedon serving as the editor. Study the bible online.... Show more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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