Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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Gill's Exposition
Preach the word,.... Either Christ the essential Word, who is the sum and substance of the Gospel ministry; or the word of truth and faith, the Gospel of salvation, the word of righteousness, peace,…
Barnes' Notes
Preach the word - The Word of God; the gospel. This was to be the main business of the life of Timothy, and Paul solemnly charges him in view of the certain coming of the Redeemer to judgment, to be…
Adam Clarke
Preach the word - Κηρυξον τον λογον· Proclaim the doctrine, the doctrine of Christ crucified, for the sins of the whole world; the doctrine, that the Gentiles are invited to be fellow heirs with the…
Observe, I. How awfully this charge is introduced (Ti2 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…
Cambridge Bible
preach the word The unconnectedaorist is emphatic; so is the aorist, to indicate the -verb thought" standing out with prominence; -I adjure thee, remember preaching, persisting, reproving, rebuking,…
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