I am already being offered (ηδη σπενδομα). Present (progressive) passive indicative of σπενδω, old verb, to pour out a libation or…

For I am now ready to be offered. This conviction of the apostle that he was about to die is urged as a reason why Timothy should be dilig…

For I am now ready to be offered.—What, in the Philippian Epistle (Philippians 2:17), was alluded to as a con…

How complacently he talks about it! It is only a departure, though Caesar's sword might strike his head from his body. And truly death to the belie…

In Php 2:17 Paul wrote, “But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice”; here he says, “For I am already being poured ou…

For I am now offered as a sacrifice. He assigns the reason for the solemn protestation which he employed. As if he had said, “As long as I…

For I am now ready to be offered
Or poured out, as a libation, or a drink offering; or as the blood was poured out a…

The blood of the martyrs, though not a sacrifice of atonement, was still a sacrifice of acknowledgment of the grace of God and his truth.

To…

Previously, the Apostle advised Timothy to be persistent in preaching, for the benefit of his audience as well as for Timothy himself. Here, he pre…