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2Ti 2:13. Πιστὸς μένει, remains faithful) This expression, by comparing with it, He will deny, most sweetly affects beyond his expectation the faithful (believing) reader,[4] who is not to be denied: He remains faithful to Himself, viz. towards [in relation to] us, who are unlike Him. [It is therefore our own fault, if we fall away.-V. g.] Thus the subsequent axiom corresponds to it, He cannot deny, etc. So in Deu 7:9-10, He is praised as the faithful God, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ πιστὸς, who both rewards the godly and takes vengeance on them that hate Him.-οὐ δύναται, He cannot) This impossibility is worthy of our praise: Jer 44:22.
[4] Comforts him by the implied promise coming in unexpectedly in the midst of threats.-ED.