2 Timothy 4
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Introduction
1 He exhorts him to do his duty with all care and diligence;
6 certifies him of the nearness of his death;
9 wills him to come speedily unto him, and to bring Marcus with him, and certain things which he wrote for;
14 warns him to beware of Alexander the smith.
16 informs him what had befallen him at his first answering;
19 and soon after he concludes.
Verse 1
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
charge
2:14; 1 Timothy 5:21; 6:13
who
Psalms 50:6; 96:13; 98:9; Matthew 16:27; 25:31-46; John 5:22-27; Acts 10:42; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16; 14:9-11; 1 Corinthians 4:4,5; 2 Corinthians 5:9,10; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 1 Peter 4:5; Revelation 20:11-15
at
8; Colossians 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:15,16; 1 Timothy 6:14; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:27,28; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 5:4; 1 John 2:28; Revelation 1:7
his kingdom
Luke 19:12,15; 23:42; 2 Peter 1:11,17
Verse 2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Preach
Psalms 40:9; Isaiah 61:1-3; Jonah 3:2; Luke 4:18,19; 9:60; Romans 10:15; Colossians 1:25,28
be
Luke 7:4,23; Acts 13:5; *marg:; Romans 12:12; 1 Timothy 4:15,16
in
John 4:6-10,32-34; Acts 16:13,31-33; 20:7,18-21; 28:16,30,31
reprove
Colossians 1:28,29; 1 Thessalonians 2:11,12; 5:14; 5:20; Titus 1:13; 2:15; Hebrews 13:22; Revelation 3:19
exhort
1 Timothy 4:13
all
2:21,25; 3:10
Verse 3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
the time
3:1-6; 1 Timothy 4:1-3
they will
1 Kings 22:8,18; 2 Chronicles 16:9,10; 24:20-22; 25:15,16; Isaiah 28:12; 33:9-11; Jeremiah 6:16,17; 18:18; Amos 7:10-17; Luke 20:19; John 8:45; Galatians 4:16
sound
1 Timothy 1:10
but
3:6; 1 Kings 18:22; 2 Chronicles 18:4,5; Jeremiah 5:31; 23:16,17; 27:9; 29:8; Micah 2:11; Luke 6:26; John 3:19-21; 2 Peter 2:1-3
having
Exodus 32:33; Acts 17:21; *Gr:; 1 Corinthians 2:1,4
Verse 4
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
turn
1:15; Proverbs 1:32; Zechariah 7:11; Acts 7:57; Hebrews 13:25
unto
1 Timothy 1:4; 4:7; Titus 1:14; 2 Peter 1:16
Verse 5
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
watch
Isaiah 56:9,10; 62:6; Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 3:17; 33:2,7; Mark 13:34,37; Luke 12:37; Acts 20:30,31; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; Hebrews 13:17; Revelation 3:2
endure
1:8; 2:3,10; 3:10-12
an
Acts 21:8; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Timothy 4:12,15
make full proof of
or, fulfil.
Romans 15:19; Colossians 1:25; 4:17
Verse 6
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I am
Philippians 2:17
and
Genesis 48:21; 50:24; Numbers 27:12-17; Deuteronomy 31:14; Joshua 23:14; Philippians 1:23; 2 Peter 1:14,15
Verse 7
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
have thought
1 Timothy 6:12
I have finished
John 4:34; Acts 13:25; 20:24; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Philippians 3:13,14; Hebrews 12:1,2
I have kept
1:14; Proverbs 23:23; Luke 8:15; 11:28; John 17:6; 1 Timothy 6:20; Revelation 3:8,10
Verse 8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
there
Psalms 31:19; Matthew 6:19,20; Colossians 1:5; 1 Timothy 6:19
a crown
2:5; Proverbs 4:9; 1 Corinthians 9:25; James 1:12; 1 Peter 5:4; Revelation 2:10; 4:4,10
the righteous
1; Genesis 18:25; Psalms 7:11; Romans 2:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:5,6; Revelation 19:11
at that
1:12,18; Malachi 3:17; Matthew 7:22; 24:36; Luke 10:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:4
that love
Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 22:20
Verse 10
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
Demas
Colossians 4:14,15; Philemon 1:24
hath
16; 1:15; Matthew 26:56; Acts 13:13; 15:38; 2 Peter 2:15
having
Luke 9:61,62; 14:26,27,33; 16:13; 17:32; Philippians 2:21; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 John 2:15,16; 5:4,5
Thessalonica
Acts 17:1,11,13
Galatia
Acts 16:6; 18:23; Galatians 1:2
Titus
2 Corinthians 2:13; 7:6; 8:6,16; Galatians 2:1-3; Titus 1:4