Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Greek, "Faithful is the saying."
For—"For" the fact is so that, "if we be dead with Him (the Greek aorist tense implies a state once for all entered into in past times at the moment of regeneration, Romans 6:3-4, Romans 6:8; Colossians 2:12), we shall also live with Him." The symmetrical form of "the saying," II Timothy 2:11-13, and the rhythmical balance of the parallel clauses, makes it likely, they formed part of a Church hymn (see on I Timothy 3:16), or accepted formula, perhaps first uttered by some of the Christian "prophets" in the public assembly (I Corinthians 14:26). The phrase "faithful is the saying," which seems to have been the usual formula (compare I Timothy 1:15; I Timothy 3:1; I Timothy 4:9; Titus 3:8) in such cases, favors this.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Timothy 2:11:
Daniel 7:12
1 Corinthians 4:8
Philippians 3:10
1 Timothy 4:9
2 Timothy 2:2
2 Timothy 2:8
2 Timothy 2:11
Revelation 3:14
Revelation 3:21
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