if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
CHAPTER 2 2 Timothy 2:1-7 1. Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 1. Tu ergo, fili mi, fortis esto in gratia, quae est in Christo Iesu. 2. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 2.
Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:1-26
I. To encourage Timothy in suffering, the apostle puts him in mind of the resurrection of Christ (Ti2 2:8): Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead, according to my gospel. This is the great proof of his divine mission, and therefore a great confirmation of the truth of the Christian religion; and the consideration of it should make...
Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:8-13
If we suffer,.... With him, with Christ, as in Rom 8:17 all the elect suffered with Christ when he suffered; they suffered in him the whole penalty of the law, all the righteousness, strictness, and severity of it; and they are partakers of the benefits of his sufferings, as peace, pardon, righteousness, redemption, and everlasting salvation.