Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Timothy 2:1
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2 Timothy2:1
CHAPTER 2
2Ti 2:1-26. Exhortations; to Faithfulness as a Good Soldier of Christ; Errors to Be Shunned; the Lord's Sure Foundation; the Right Spirit for a Servant of Christ.
1. Thou therefore--following my example (2Ti 1:8, 12), and that of Onesiphorus (2Ti 1:16-18), and shunning that of those who forsook me (2Ti 1:15).
my son--Children ought to imitate their father.
be strong--literally, "be invested with power." Have power, and show thyself to have it; implying an abiding state of power.
in the grace--the element IN which the believer's strength has place. Compare 2Ti 1:7, "God hath given us the spirit of power."
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