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Therefore I endure all things for the elect`s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

For the elect's sake (δια τους εκλεκτους). "Because of the elect." God's elect (Romans 8:33; [Reference Colossians 3:1…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes. (See Barnes on 2 Corinthians 1:6.)

The sense is, what I suffer is …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes.—Better rendered, For this cause I endure, and so on.—That i…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Therefore I endure all things from the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. It is…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Because of this, the apostle is patiently willing to “endure” (GK 5702) everything for the sake of the “elect” (GK 1723). God has set apart from am…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Wherefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect. From the elect, he shows that his imprisonment is so far from being a ground of r…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Therefore I endure all things for the elects' sakes
There is a certain number of persons whom God has chosen in Chri…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Let suffering saints remember, and look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of their faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Previously, the Apostle prepared Timothy for martyrdom; here he exhorts him to it. He does this in three ways:

  1. He gives him a sample o…

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