John Bengel Commentary - 2 Timothy 2:7 - 2:7

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John Bengel Commentary - 2 Timothy 2:7 - 2:7


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2Ti 2:7. Νόει) attend to, consider, what I say: σύνεσις, understanding, is of the divine gift; νοεῖν, to consider, is the part of a well-minded man. Paul says this, if you compare 2Ti 2:6 with 2Ti 2:5. If the husbandman (Timothy) hath (or shall have) laboured, then first he ought (he is entitled) to partake of the fruits (in which the resurrection of Christ abounds, 2Ti 2:8; 2Ti 2:11-12); but if this were the whole meaning of Paul, he would have said, τὸν μεταληψόμενον δεῖ κοπιᾷν. Therefore from this seventh verse we may gather that a thought rather different is involved in this expression, which amounts to this:-Paul trained the mind of Timothy, 2Ti 1:6; therefore fruits are chiefly due to him from Timothy. In this view, Paul does not openly require, as is necessary in addressing dull men, but by amphibology and enigma, that Timothy should ingenuously acknowledge and perform the duty; and this he does by three comparisons taken from the employment of the soldier, the wrestler, the husbandman.-δῴη γὰρ σοι, for may the Lord give to thee) The meaning is, He will give; there is thus a connection between consider and for; but affection adds the modus or ἧθος [see Append. on “Modalis Sermo.” Here the imperative mood expresses the feeling].-ὁ Κύριος, the Lord) Christ.-ἐν πᾶσι, in all things) He had already given him understanding in many things: this being taken for granted, Paul says, May He give it in all things.