2 Timothy 2:7 - Exposition

For the Lord shall give for and the Lord give, A.V. Consider what I say. The apostle's lessons had been given in parables or similitudes. He therefore begs Timothy to note them well, lest the application to himself should escape him, suggesting further that he should seek the necessary wisdom and understanding from God. So our Lord, at the end of the parables recorded in Matthew 13:1-58 ., says to his disciples in Matthew 13:51 , "Have ye understood all these things?" and elsewhere, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Understanding ( σύνεσιν ) ; one of the special gifts of the Spirit ( Isaiah 11:2 , LXX .; see Colossians 1:9 ; Colossians 2:2 ).