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2Ti 2:14. Ταῦτα) of these things, which thou hast heard of me, 2Ti 2:2.-ὑπομίμνησκε, put in remembrance) them, over whom thou presidest; Tit 3:1.-ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου, before the Lord) Comp. 1Ti 5:21, note [referring to the last judgment, but including also the present time].-μὴ λογομαχεῖν) Logomachy here does not mean a battle about words, but a battle which is engaged in by words, 2Ti 2:23-24, about the most important matters, 2Ti 2:17-18. Comp. Act 18:15.-χρήσιμον, useful) viz. ὄν [“which tends to nothing useful-to no profit”[5]]. The accusative absolute, as in Luk 24:47. ΕὔΧΡΗΣΤΟΝ, admirably useful [“meet for the Master’s use”], 2Ti 2:21, corresponds to it.-ἐπὶ, tending to, or resulting in) They are not only not profitable, but they are also injurious and subvert. Ἐπὶ expresses the consequence, as in 1Th 4:7, ΟὐΚ ἘΠῚ ἈΚΑΘΑΡΣΊᾼ, not to uncleanness. Subversion is opposed to edification.
[5] Or, perhaps, Bengel construes it rather, “Which is useful for nothing,” χρήσιμον εἰς οὐδέν.-ED.