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Preach Always, Everywhere
The command to be ready "in season and out of season" is a call to constant, urgent ministry. Scholars explain this isn't just about scheduled sermons but about seizing every opportunity to share the gospel—whether convenient or inconvenient, in times of peace or danger, to willing and unwilling listeners. The work of ministry has no set hours.
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2 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Timothy 4:2
18th Century
Theologian
Preach the word. The word of God; the gospel. This was to be the main business of the life of Timothy, and Paul solemnly charges him, in v…
AT Robertson
On 2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word (κηρυξον τον λογον). First aorist active imperative of κηρυσσω. For "the word" used absolutely, see [Reference 1 T…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Timothy 4:2
19th Century
Bishop
Preach the word.—The language of the original here is abrupt and emphatic, written evidently under strong emotion and with intense…
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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 4:2
The basic charge is: “Preach [GK 3062] the Word.” Preachers are not to air their own opinions but to proclaim God’s eternal, authoritative Word of …
John Calvin
On 2 Timothy 4:2
16th Century
Theologian
Be instant in season, out of season. By these words he recommends not only constancy, but also earnestness, in order to overcome all hindr…
John Gill
On 2 Timothy 4:2
17th Century
Pastor
Preach the word
Either Christ the essential Word, who is the sum and substance of the Gospel ministry; or the word o…
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…