Exegesis of 2 Timothy
The preachers were attempting to deceive. But because the trial against those preaching the good news was making a cut into the good news, for this reason he says these things.
—Having enlightened life. The being is being enlightened. Because indeed life was given before the hearing of Adam, but by death it was darkened, again by the resurrection of the savior the life is being enlightened. Regarding 2 Timothy 1:12, what deposit? The healthy teaching taught him.
Regarding 2 Timothy 2:4, because he said beforehand, it is not necessary for the one serving in battle to entangle himself in the affairs of life; moreover, it was being sought how, without entangling himself, one possesses the things toward the need. He showed that it is necessary to live from the good news. Regarding 2 Timothy 2:17, gangrene is a disease, spreading and easily running through the bodies.
Regarding 2 Timothy 4:1, he does not testify as one condemning a laggard, but so that in the testimony he might guard for himself through all his own purpose. I testify before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, the one about to judge the living and the dead, according to his appearance and his kingdom.
Greek
ἐπειράζοντο οἱ κηρύττοντες. ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ ὁ κατὰ τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων πειρασμὸς ἐγκοπὴν ἐποίει τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ, διὰ τοῦτο ταῦτά φησιν. –Φωτίσαντος δὲ ζωήν. τὸ ὂν φωτίζεται. ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ἐδόθη μὲν πρὸ τῆς παρακοῆς τοῦ Ἀδὰμ ἡ ζωή, θανάτῳ δὲ ἐζοφώθη, πάλιν τῇ ἀναστάσει τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡ ζωὴ φωτίζεται. 2 Tim 1,12 Ποίαν παραθήκην; τὴν ὑγιῆ διδασκαλίαν ἐδίδαξεν αὐτόν. 343 2 Tim 2,4 Ἐπειδὴ προεῖπεν, οὐ δεῖ τὸν στρατευόμενον ἐμπλέκεσθαι τῆς τοῦ βίου πραγματείας, ἐζητεῖτο δὲ λοιπὸν πῶς μὴ ἐμπλεκόμενος ἔχει τὰ πρὸς τὴν χρείαν. ἐνέφηνεν ὅτι ἀπὸ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου δεῖ ζῆν. 2 Tim 2,17 Πάθος ἐστὶν ἡ γάγγραινα, κατασήπων καὶ εὐχερῶς κατατρέχων τοῖς σώμασιν. 2 Tim 4,1 Οὐχ ὡς καταγινώσκων ῥᾳθυμοῦντος μαρτύρεται, ἀλλ' ἵνα ἐν τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ φυλάξῃ αὐτῷ δι' ὅλου τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πρόθεσιν. διαμαρτύρομαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ μέλλοντος κρίνειν ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς, κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ,
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Explore how early Christians understood spiritual authority and eternal life through this insightful commentary on 2 Timothy.
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- Copy-text PG 65 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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