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I charge you therefore before God and the Lord, Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Second Timothy Chapter 4
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER.
This chapter comprises the following subjects:
A solemn charge to T…
I charge thee (διαμαρτυρομα). Rather, "I testify." See 1 Thessalonians 4:6. See 1 Timothy 5:21 for this ve…
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ. It is proper to observe carefully the word therefore, by means of…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I charge thee therefore before God Whose word the Scriptures are, and by whom they are inspired; who had made Timoth…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Having mentioned the dangers that will appear in the last days and Timothy’s ability to resist them, the Apostle now shows him how to res…
