Faithful is the saying (πιστος ο λογος). The saying which follows here though it can refer to the preceding as in [Reference 1 Tim…

It is a faithful saying. Or, rather, that which he was about to say was worthy of entire credence and profound attention. See Barnes on [R…

For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him.—The last sentence ended with the words “eternal glory”—the goal, the end…

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…

For “here is a trustworthy saying,” see comment on 1 Timothy 1:15. In this case, the trustworthy saying is the following three verses, …

A faithful saying. He prefaces the statement he is about to make, because nothing is more contrary to the inclination of the flesh than th…

It is a faithful saying
This may refer either to what goes before, that all things, all reproaches and sufferings, t…

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 …

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