5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Observe, I. How awfully this charge is introduced (2Ti. 4:1): I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. Observe, The best of men have need to be awed into the discharge of their duty. The work of a minister is not an indifferent thing, but absolutely necessary. Woe be to him if he preach not the gospel, 1Cor. 9:16.…
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