2 Timothy 1:7-10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,The word "God" at the end of the preceding verse precipitated here a typical Pauline digression, the next few clauses being devoted to extolling the grace and purpose of God from before times eternal.Who saved us ... The past tense here indicates that Paul had reference to the primary or initial salvation of Christians,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:10

but hath now been manifested by the appearance of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,As Gealy accurately stated:The assumption is that before he was born Christ existed with God. Birth in his case did not mean the beginning; it rather signified the appearance in history of the divine Saviour previously existing but until now concealed.[17]The appearing ... is not merely a reference to the birth of Christ, but to the whole... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Timothy 1:7

2 Timothy 1:7. God hath not given us the spirit of fear;— St. Paul has frequent references in his epistles to the terror which accompanied the giving of the law from Mount Sinai, and intimates that the Judaizing Christians, who were so fond of the legal dispensation, were of a legal spirit;—a slavish spirit of bondage and fear, as if they had the thunder of Mount Sinai still in their ears—men of intimidated and mean spirits, who were afraid of suffering for their religion. But he takes care to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Timothy 1:8

2 Timothy 1:8. The testimony of our Lord,— That is, "The gospel itself; and more particularly the freedom of the Gentile converts from all subjection to the law of Moses." His prisoner means, Prisoner on his account, or for his sake. Heylin reads, Be not thou ashamed of the gospel of our Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner upon his account. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Timothy 1:9-10

2 Timothy 1:9-10. Who hath saved us, &c.— "Who hath rescued us out of the evil world, and called us to sanctity, not because we had deserved that mercy of his, but of his own free mercy and goodness long ago designed us in Christ; and now hath revealed it to us, and made us partakers of it, by Christ's coming into the world, and preaching the gospel to us, who hath thereby voided the power of death over us, and made a clear revelation of that life and immortality which was not before so... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 1:7

7. For, c.—implying that Timothy needed the exhortation "to stir up the gift of God in him," being constitutionally "timid": "For God did not give us (so the Greek, namely, at our ordination or consecration) the spirit of fear." The spirit which He gave us, was not the spirit of timidity (literally, "cowardice," which is weakness), but of "power" (exhibited in a fearless "testimony" for Christ, :-). "Power is the invariable accompaniment of the gift of the Holy Ghost. Luke 24:49 Acts 1:8;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 1:8

8. therefore—seeing that God hath given us such a spirit, not that of fear. Be not thou . . . ashamed—I agree with ELLICOTT, in opposition to ALFORD, that the Greek subjunctive here, with the negative, implies action completed at one time, not continued action, which the present imperative would express; thus implying that Timothy had not decidedly yet evinced such feeling of shame; though I think, Paul, amidst the desertion of others who once promised fair, and from being aware of Timothy's... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 1:9

9. Who . . . called us—namely, God the Father (Galatians 1:6). The having "saved us" in His eternal purpose of "grace, given us in Christ before the world began," precedes his actual "calling" of us in due time with a call made effective to us by the Holy Spirit; therefore, "saved us" comes before "called us" (Galatians 1:6- :). holy calling—the actual call to a life of holiness. Galatians 1:6- :, "heavenly calling" [TITTMANN, Greek Synonyms of the New Testament]; whereas we were sinners and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 1:10

10. But . . . now . . . manifest—in contrast to its concealment heretofore in the eternal purpose of God "before the world began" (2 Timothy 1:9; Colossians 1:16; Titus 1:2; Titus 1:3). appearing—the visible manifestation in the flesh. abolished death—Greek, "taken away the power from death" [TITTMANN]. The Greek article before "death" implies that Christ abolished death, not only in some particular instance, but in its very essence, being, and idea, as well as in all its aspects and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 1:3-7

A. Timothy’s past faithfulness 1:3-7Paul gave thanks to God for Timothy’s past faithfulness to his Lord and encouraged him to continue faithful to strengthen Timothy’s resolve in view of ever increasing apostasy and the decision of many to abandon Paul. read more

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