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2Ti 4:18. Καὶ, and) Hope draws its conclusions from the past to the future.-ῥύσεταί με, shall deliver me) Paul understands (views) all things on the side of salvation. Does he live? He has been delivered. Shall he be beheaded? He will be delivered; the Lord being his deliverer.-ἔργου πονηροῦ) The antithesis is αὐτοῦ, His.-καὶ, and) A sweet conjunction. He is the Lord, and the Deliverer, 1Th 1:10; and Saviour, Php 3:20. He takes away evil, He confers good things.-σώσει, will preserve) This word was in Paul’s mind from the Psalm quoted above.-βασιλείαν, kingdom) better than that of Nero.-ᾧ ἡ δόξα, to whom be the glory) The very hope produces a doxology: how much greater will be the doxology, which the actual enjoyment will produce!