The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Timothy 2:1-7
Admonition to Faithfulness in the Ministry. v. 1. Thou, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. v. 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. v. 3. Thou, therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. v. 4. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. v. 5. ... read more
F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 2 Timothy 2:1-99
2Tim 2 THE FIRST VERSE of our chapter brings before us a third thing that is needful if the truth of God is to be maintained. A good deposit had been entrusted to Timothy. It had been conveyed to him by Paul in an outline of sound words, and was to be kept by the indwelling Holy Spirit, as 2Ti_1:13 , 2Ti_1:14 have told us. Now to have the truth enshrined in an outline of sound words is good, and yet no such outline can in itself keep the truth alive; for this the Holy Ghost is needed. Apart... read more