Called us with a holy calling (καλεσαντος κλησε αγια). Probably dative, "to a holy calling." Κλησις here apparently not the invita…

Who has saved us (Matthew 1:21).

He has brought us into a state in which salvation is so certain, that Paul could speak…

Who has saved us.—St. Paul now specifies the manner in which the power of God has been displayed towards us. This is an inclusive …

Nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; who hath saved us, and called us w…

Paul’s personal testimony begins with a confession that God saved him and called him “to a holy life.” Paul typically says that believers are calle…

Who hath saved us. From the greatness of the benefit, he shows how much we owe to God, for the salvation which He has bestowed on us easil…

Who has saved us, and called us
And therefore should not be ashamed of his Gospel, but should readily partake of the…

God has not given us the spirit of fear, but rather the spirit of power—courage and resolution to meet difficulties and dangers; the spirit of love…

1. In the preceding verses, the Apostle commended Timothy for qualities given to him by grace. Here, he urges him to put those qualities to …