2 Timóteo 3
Theodoret of Cyrus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
2 Timóteo 3:8
Paul takes the story of Jannes and Jambres not from holy Scripture but from an unwritten Jewish tradition. — INTERPRETATION OF THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY
2 Timóteo 3:9
The only progress which heretics will make is in impiety, for they cannot simulate genuine piety for very long. — INTERPRETATION OF THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY
2 Timóteo 3:11
Paul's point in recalling these events is to show the divine help, thus adding spirit to the disciple. — INTERPRETATION OF THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY
2 Timóteo 3:12
Many are the devices secretly plotted against me and through me patched up against the faith of apostles. I am however comforted by the sufferings of the saints, prophets, apostles, martyrs and men famous in the churches in the word of grace and besides these by the promises of our God and Savior. For in the present life he has promised us nothing pleasant or delightful, but rather trouble, toil, and peril and attacks of enemies. — LETTERS 109