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Suffering with a Purpose
Paul's endurance in hardship was not meaningless. Commentators explain that he willingly suffered "for the elect's sakes," meaning his actions served the divine purpose of helping God's chosen people find salvation. This provides a model for Christians, showing that personal sacrifice can be a powerful instrument for the good of the church and the spread of the gospel.
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2 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Timothy 2:10
18th Century
Theologian
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes. (See Barnes on 2 Corinthians 1:6.)
The sense is, what I suffer is …
AT Robertson
On 2 Timothy 2:10
For the elect's sake (δια τους εκλεκτους). "Because of the elect." God's elect (Romans 8:33; [Reference Colossians 3:1…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Timothy 2:10
19th Century
Bishop
Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes.—Better rendered, For this cause I endure, and so on.—That i…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Timothy 2:10–12
19th Century
Preacher
The world does not love Christ, or his gospel, an atom more today than it did in Paul's day. The carnal mind is still enmity against G…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Timothy 2:10
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
On 2 Timothy 2:10
16th Century
Theologian
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
On 2 Timothy 2:10
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore I endure all things for the elects' sakes
There is a certain number of persons whom God has chosen in Chri…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Timothy 2:8–13
17th Century
Minister
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 …