Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:8

8. Henceforth Paul speaks as from the moment of his martyrdom. It is to be noted that he looks for his crown, not as bestowed in the intermediate and disembodied state, but as at the judgment. In the happiness of that intermediate state he fully believes, (Philippians 1:23,) but his thought glances to the advent as the time of his coronation. Crown of righteousness So James 1:12, the crown of life. 1 Peter 5:4, the crown of glory; that crown so glorious as to be made of glory; a crown... read more