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2 Timothy 3:17

2 Timothy 3:17
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

That the man of God may be perfect - The object is not merely to convince and to convert him; it is to furnish all the instruction needful for his entire perfection. The idea here is, not that any one…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

That the man of God - The preacher of righteousness, the minister of the Gospel, the person who derives his commission from God, and always appears as his herald and servant.

May be perfect - Αρτιος·…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Timothy 3:10-17

Here the apostle, to confirm Timothy in that way wherein he walked,

I. Sets before him his own example, which Timothy had been an eye-witness of, having long attended Paul (Ti2 3:10): Thou hast fully…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the man of God As in 1Ti 6:11.

perfect In the sense in which, for example, Confirmation is sometimes said to make -a perfect Christian," i.e. one perfectly equipped and supplied with the full measure…