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Selected Verse: 2 Timothy 2:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ti 2:9 |
King James |
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Wherein--in proclaiming which Gospel.
suffer trouble--literally, "evil." I am a sufferer of evil as though I were a doer of evil.
bonds-- (Ti2 1:16).
word . . . not bound--Though my person is bound, my tongue and my pen are not (Ti2 4:17; Act 28:31). Or he alludes not merely to his own proclamation of the Gospel, though in chains, but to the freedom of its circulation by others, even though his power of circulating it is now prescribed (Phi 1:18). He also hints to Timothy that he being free ought to be the more earnest in the service of it. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 the notes at Eph 6:20. During the apostle's first imprisonment at Rome, he was permitted to "dwell in his own hired house," though guarded by a soldier, and probably chained to him; see the notes at Act 28:16, Act 28:30. What was his condition in his second imprisonment, during which this Epistle was written, we have no means of knowing with certainty. It is probable, however, that he was subjected to much more rigid treatment than he had been in the first instance. The tradition is, that he and Peter were together in the Mamertine prison at Rome; and the place is still shown in which it is said that they were confined. The Mamertine prisons are of great antiquity. According to Livy, they were constructed by Ancus Martius, and enlarged by Servius Tullius. The lower prison is supposed to have been once a quarry, and to have been at one time occupied as a granary. These prisons are on the descent of the Capitoline Mount, toward the Forum. They consist of two apartments, one over the other, built with large, uncemented stones. There is no entrance to either, except by a small aperture in the roof, and by a small hole in the upper floor, leading to the cell below, without any staircase to either. The upper prison is twenty-seven feet long, by twenty wide; the lower one is elliptical, and measures twenty feet by ten. In the lower one is a small spring, which is said at Rome to have arisen at the command of Peter, to enable him to baptize his keepers, Processus and Martianus, with 47 companions, whom he converted. No certain reliance can be placed on any part of this tradition, though in itself there is no improbability in supposing that these prisons may have been used for confining Christians, and the apostle Paul among others. Dr. Burton says that a more horrible place for the confinement of a human being can scarcely be conceived.
But the word of God is not bound - This is one of Paul's happy turns of thought; compare the notes at Act 26:29. The meaning is plain. The gospel was prospered. that could not be lettered and imprisoned. It circulated with freedom. even when he who was appointed to preach it was in chains; see Phi 1:13-14. As this was the great matter, his own imprisonment was of comparatively little consequence. What may befall us is of secondary importance. The grand thing is the triumph of truth on the earth; and well may we bear privations and sorrows, if the gospel moves on in triumph. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Wherein I suffer trouble (ἐν ᾧ κακοπαθῶ)
Wherein refers to the gospel. Κακοπαθεῖν only here, Ti2 4:5, and Jam 5:13. lxx, Jon 4:10.
As an evildoer (ὡς κακοῦργος)
Only here and in Luke. Better, malefactor. The meaning is technical. Comp. Luk 23:32, Luk 23:33, Luk 23:39.
Unto bonds (μέχρι δεσμῶν)
Comp. Phi 2:8, μέχρι θανάτου unto death: Heb 12:4, μέχρις αἵματος unto blood. Const. with I suffer trouble.
But the word of God is not bound (ἀλλὰ ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται)
Nevertheless, although I am in bonds, the gospel which I preach will prevail in spite of all human efforts to hinder it. Word of God often in Paul. In Pastorals, Ti1 4:5; Tit 2:5. Bound, in Paul metaphorically, as here, Rom 7:2; Co1 7:27, Co1 7:39. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Is not bound - Not hindered in its course. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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 particularly considered. |
18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.