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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Timothy 2:1 - 2:1
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2Ti 2:1-26. Exhortations; To faithfulness as a good soldier of Christ; Errors to be shunned; The Lord’s sure foundation; The right Spirit for a servant of Christ.
Thou therefore - following my example (2Ti 1:8, 2Ti 1:12), and that of ONESIPHORUS (2Ti 1:16-18), and shunning that of those who forsook me (2Ti 1:15).
my son - Children ought to imitate their father.
be strong - literally, “be invested with power.” Have power, and show thyself to have it; implying an abiding state of power.
in the grace - the element IN which the believer’s strength has place. Compare 2Ti 1:7, “God hath given us the spirit of power.”