I commit (παρατιθεμα). Present middle indicative of old and common verb, to place beside (παρα) as food on table, in the middle to…

This charge. This command or injunction. It does not refer to any "charge" or "cure" (pastoral responsibility) which he had as bishop or m…

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy.—The nature of the charge which he committed to Timothy must be gathered from th…

“Instruction” (GK 4132) is the same word that is translated “command” in v.5. The aged apostle is giving his son in the faith a solemn charge “in k…

I recommend to you this commandment. All that he had introduced about himself can be seen as a digression from his subject. Since he neede…

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy
After a digression the apostle has made concerning himself, his conversion,…

The ministry is a warfare against sin and Satan, carried on under the Lord Jesus, who is the Captain of our salvation. The good hopes others have h…

Previously, the Apostle described his own state regarding both his sins under the law and the good he experienced in the time of grace. Here, he ex…