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13 If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He acannot deny Himself.  

Approved and Disapproved Workers

14 Remind them of these things, acharging them before the Lord not to1 strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.  
15 aBe diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  
16 But shun profane and1 idle babblings, for they will2 increase to more ungodliness.  
17 And their message will spread like cancer. aHymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,  
18 who have strayed concerning the truth, asaying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.  
19 Nevertheless athe solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord bknows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of1 Christ depart from iniquity.”  
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2 Timothy 2:15

Give diligence (spoudason). First aorist active imperative of spoudazw, old word, as in I Thessalonians 2:17; Galatians 2:10.

To present (parasthsai). First aorist active infinitive of paristhmi as in Colossians 1:22, Colossians 1:28.

Approved unto God (dokimon tw qew). Dative case qew with dokimon, predicate accusative, old adjective (from dexomai), for which see I Corinthians 11:19; II Corinthians 10:18.

A workman (ergathn). See II Corinthians 11:3; Philippians 3:2.

That needeth not to be ashamed (anepaisxunton). Late double compound verbal adjective (a privative, epaisxunw), in Josephus and here alone.

Handling aright (orqotomounta). Present active participle of orqotomew, late and rare compound (orqotomov), cutting straight, orqov and temnw), here only in N.T. It occurs in Proverbs 3:6; Proverbs 11:5 for making straight paths (odouv) with which compare Hebrews 12:13 and "the Way" in Acts 9:2. Theodoret explains it to mean ploughing a straight furrow. Parry argues that the metaphor is the stone mason cutting the stones straight since temnw and orqov are so used. Since Paul was a tent-maker and knew how to cut straight the rough camel-hair cloth, why not let that be the metaphor? Certainly plenty of exegesis is crooked enough (crazy-quilt patterns) to call for careful cutting to set it straight.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Timothy 2:15:

Romans 14:18
James 1:18
2 Peter 1:10

 

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