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I am not ashamed
Comp. 2Ti 1:8, and Rom 1:16.
Whom I have believed (ᾧ πεπίστευκα)
Or, in whom I have put my trust. See on Joh 1:12; see on Joh 2:22; see on Rom 4:5.
Able (δυνατός)
Often used with a stronger meaning, as 1Co 1:26, mighty; Act 25:5, οἱδυνατοὶ the chief men: as a designation of God, ὁ δυνατός the mighty one, Luk 1:49 : of preeminent ability or power in something, as of Jesus, δυνατός ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ mighty in deed and word, Luk 24:19 : of spiritual agencies, “The weapons of our warfare are δυνατὰ mighty,” etc., 2Co 10:4. Very often in lxx.
That which I have committed (τὴν παραθήκην μου)
More correctly, that which has been committed unto me: my sacred trust. The meaning of the passage is that Paul is convinced that God is strong to enable him to be faithful to his apostolic calling, in spite of the sufferings which attend it, until the day when he shall be summoned to render his final account. The παραθήκη or thing committed to him was the same as that which he had committed to Timothy that; he might teach others (1Ti 6:20). It was the form of sound words (2Ti 1:13); that which Timothy had heard from Paul (2Ti 2:2); that fair deposit (2Ti 1:14). It was the gospel to which Paul had been appointed (2Ti 1:11); which had been intrusted to him (1Ti 1:11; Tit 1:3; comp. 1Co 9:17; Gal 2:7; 1Th 2:4). The verb παρατιθέναι to commit to one's charge is a favorite with Luke. See Luk 12:48; Act 20:32. Sums deposited with a Bishop for the use of the church were called παραθῆκαι τῆς ἐκκλησίας trust-funds of the church. In the Epistle of the pseudo-Ignatius to Hero (vii.) we read: “Keep my deposit (παραθήκην) which I and Christ have committed (παρθέμεθα) to you. I commit (παρατίθημι) to you the church of the Antiochenes.”
That day (ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν)
The day of Christ's second appearing. See on 1Th 5:2. In this sense the phrase occurs in the N.T. Epistles only 2Ti 1:18; 2Ti 4:8; 2Th 1:10; but often in the Gospels, as Mat 7:22; Mat 26:29; Mar 13:32, etc. The day of the Lord's appearing is designated by Paul as ἡ ἡμέρα, absolutely, the day, Rom 13:12; 1Co 3:13; 1Th 5:4 : ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου the day of the Lord, 1Co 1:8; 2Co 1:14; 1Th 5:2; 2Th 2:2 : the day of Jesus Christ or Christ, Phi 1:6, Phi 1:10; Phi 2:16: the day when God shall judge, Rom 2:16 : the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, Rom 2:5 : the day of redemption, Eph 4:30.