2 Timothy 2:21 (BSB)
So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.
From 2 Timothy 2. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:21
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2:1-26: 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.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:19-21: Here we see what we may comfort ourselves with, in reference to this, and the little errors and heresies that both infect and infest the church, and do mischief. I. It may be a great comfort to us that the unbelief of men cannot make the promise of God of no effect.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 2 Timothy 2:21: If a man therefore purge himself from these,.... That is, if a man clears himself, and keeps himself clear from such men as Hymenaeus and Philetus, who are comparable to wooden and earthen vessels, and are dishonourable ones; if he shuns their defiling company, and polluting principles; if he keeps clear of their heresies, and is not carried away with the errors of these wicked...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on 2 Timothy 2:21: Verse 21. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel of honour. If a man cleanse or purify himself. Comp. . The word "these" refers, here, to the persons represented by the vessels of wood and of earth--the vessels made to dishonour, as mentioned in the previous verse.