Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
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Gill's Exposition
Wherein I suffer trouble as an evildoer,.... As a malefactor, as if guilty of some capital crime; an enemy to the law of Moses, a pestilent fellow, a mover of sedition everywhere, and a ringleader of…
Barnes' Notes
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil-doer - as if I were a violator of the laws. That is, I am treated as if I were a criminal. Even unto bonds - As if I were one of the words kind of malefactors; see…
Adam Clarke
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer - This verse contains one of the proofs that this epistle was written while St. Paul was a prisoner the second time at Rome. See the preface, where this is…
I. To encourage Timothy in suffering, the apostle puts him in mind of the resurrection of Christ (Ti2 2:8): Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead, according to my…
Cambridge Bible
wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer Hardship rather than -trouble," the same word as in 2Ti 2:2; malefactor rather than -evil doer," the same word as of the thieves on the cross, Luk 23:32,…
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