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A Sacred Oath
Commentators explain that Paul isn't just giving advice; he's making a "solemn charge" or a sacred oath. He calls upon God and Christ as witnesses and, as some scholars note, even adjures Timothy by the future coming of Jesus. This legal and formal language underscores the immense weight and seriousness of the command to be a faithful minister.
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2 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Timothy 4:1
18th Century
Theologian
Second Timothy Chapter 4
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER.
This chapter comprises the following subjects:
A solemn charge to T…
AT Robertson
On 2 Timothy 4:1
I charge thee (διαμαρτυρομα). Rather, "I testify." See 1 Thessalonians 4:6. See 1 Timothy 5:21 for this ve…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Timothy 4:1
19th Century
Bishop
I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ.—The parchment, or papyrus, in St. Paul's prison room on whi…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Timothy 4:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; preach the…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Timothy 4:1
Here Paul speaks of Christ Jesus as the one who will “judge the living and the dead”—a clause found in all the early creeds of the church (cf. [Ref…
John Calvin
On 2 Timothy 4:1
16th Century
Theologian
I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ. It is proper to observe carefully the word therefore, by means of…
John Gill
On 2 Timothy 4:1
17th Century
Pastor
I charge thee therefore before God
Whose word the Scriptures are, and by whom they are inspired; who had made Timoth…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Timothy 4:1–5
17th Century
Minister
People will turn away from the truth; they will grow weary of the plain gospel of Christ, they will be greedy for fables, and take pleasure in them…