2 Timothy 1:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 1:12

Paul suffered imprisonment and the discomforts associated with it because he preached the gospel. Nevertheless, he was not ashamed of the gospel or of himself (cf. Romans 1:16). His confidence lay in the person of God. He believed that God is faithful. God would protect something that Paul had placed with God for His protection and preserve that until the day he would see Christ face to face at the Rapture or death (cf. 2 Timothy 1:18; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 2 Corinthians 5:9-10). The "deposit" (2... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Timothy 1:12

1:12 believed, (i-20) Pisteuo , 'believe,' occurs in different constructions; with the dative, as here, it means, 'to believe a person or thing;' compare Matthew 21:25 ; John 5:24 and 47. Followed by eis with an accusative, as frequently in John, it is to believe on a person as an object of faith, as John 14:1 ('ye believe on God, believe also on me'). Followed by epi with an accusative, it goes on to the idea of confidence. I rest my faith on him, yet with a more general idea of looking to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:1-18

Expressions of Affection and Exhortations to Faithfulness1, 2. Salutation. According to the promise of life] St. Paul declares himself appointed an Apostle with the view of his spreading the knowledge of the life which had been promised and was now being enjoyed by Christians adopted in Christ.3-5. The happy assurance of Timothy’s faithfulness which St. Paul’s recollections of past years supply him with. 3. I thank God] The construction is involved. What St. Paul thanks God for is Timothy’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Timothy 1:12

(12) For the which cause I also suffer these things.—Because he had been the teacher and apostle, had all these sufferings—the prison, the chains, the solitude, the hate of so many—come upon him. There was no need to refer to them more particularly. Timothy knew well what he was then undergoing. The reason of the Apostle’s touching at all upon himself and his fortunes will appear in the next clause, when, from the depths, as it would seem, of human misfortune, he triumphantly rehearses his sure... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Timothy 1:1-18

2 Timothy 1:5 St. Basil the Great owed his earliest religious education to his grandmother Macrina, who brought him up with his brothers, and formed them upon the doctrine of the great Origenist and saint of Pontus, Gregory Thaumaturgus. Canon Travers Smith wrote in his Life of St. Basil: 'Macrina had not only been taught by the best Christian instructors, but had herself with her husband suffered for the faith. In the persecutions of Maximin she and her family were driven from their home and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:12-14

Chapter 5THE LORD’S COMPASSION IN ENABLING A BLASPHEMER AND A PERSECUTOR TO BECOME A SERVANT OF CHRIST JESUS AND A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL.- 1 Timothy 1:12-14In the concluding sentence of the preceding paragraph (1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 1:11) the Apostle points out that what he has been saying respecting the erroneous teaching and practice of the heterodox innovators is entirely in harmony with the spirit of the Gospel which had been committed to his trust. This mention of his own high... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Timothy 1:1-18

Analysis and Annotations I. PAUL’S PERSONAL WORD TO TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1 1. Paul’s affectionate words and confidence (2 Timothy 1:1-5 ) 2. Difficulties and assurance (2 Timothy 1:6-12 ) 3. Holding the form of sound words (2 Timothy 1:13-14 ) 4. Turning away and faithfulness in contrast (2 Timothy 1:15-18 ) 2 Timothy 1:1-5 Paul speaks in this last Epistle as an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God “according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus.” It is a blessed word and... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Timothy 1:12

1:12 {6} For the which cause I also suffer these things: {7} nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.(6) He confirms his apostleship by a strange argument, that is, because the world could not abide it, and therefore it persecuted him that preached it.(7) By setting his own example before us, he shows us how it may be, that we will not be ashamed of the cross of Christ, that... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 1:1-18

Despite the fact of his heart being so drawn out in this epistle, Paul writes as "an apostle," not as a servant, nor even as a brother. Does this not stress the strongly authoritative character of that which he writes? The truth is urged imperatively upon the soul as that which is so vital to godliness in days of lax giving up to weakness and spiritual decay. And he is an apostle "by the will of God," not by his own choice, nor by that of other men, a matter deeply important in days when... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:1-18

PERSONAL TO TIMOTHY When Paul addressed his earlier letter to Timothy, the latter was in Ephesus, and there are reasons to believe he was still there. Paul was now a prisoner in Rome for a second time, awaiting a hearing before the Emperor, and he was not being treated with the consideration shown him on the earlier occasion (Acts 28:0 ), but like a common prisoner. The immediate occasion for this letter grew out of this, for he is anxious to have Timothy and Mark as his companions (2... read more

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