Bible Commentaries
Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
2 Timothy 2
For masteries; in the athletic games common in those days as public amusements.--Lawfully; according to the rules and conditions established for the regulation of the game.
The meaning is, that the husbandman must labor before he can partake of the fruits; and so the toils and sufferings of Christ's service here must precede the rest and rewards of heaven.
Their word; their influence.--Will eat as doth a canker; corrupting and destroying the spirit of piety.
The foundation of God; the foundation which God has laid,--meaning that portion of the professing church which he had established, as is indicated by what follows.--Let every one, &c.; that is, there was a test to determine the genuineness of discipleship, in the personal holiness which was manifested as the fruits of a religious profession.
Must not strive; must not dispute and contend.
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