Agrees Assembly Beloved Bring Cause Child Christ Christian Church Clear Dear Dearly-loved Everywhere Faithful Habits Love Manner Mind Reason Remembrance Remind Sending Spiritually Teach Teacher Teaching Timotheus Timothy
4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my {i} ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
(i) What way and rule I follow everywhere in teaching the churches.
4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus. Timothy, Paul's son in the gospel (Ac 16:1-3 Php 2:22), had already been sent onward toward Corinth (1Co 16:10), but going round by land would not arrive until after this letter, if it went across by sea.
Who will bring you into remembrance. Timothy will revive their remembrance of
Of my ways which be in Christ. Paul's life, conduct and teachings, so that they can the better follow him (1Co 4:16).
4:17 My beloved son - Elsewhere he styles him brother, 2Cor 1:1; but here paternal affection takes place. As I teach - No less by example than precept.
4:14-21 In reproving for sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn, are likely to reform. Though the apostle spoke with authority as a parent, he would rather beseech them in love. And as ministers are to set an example, others must follow them, as far as they follow Christ in faith and practice. Christians may mistake and differ in their views, but Christ and Christian truth are the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Whenever the gospel is effectual, it comes not in word only, but also in power, by the Holy Spirit, quickening dead sinners, delivering persons from the slavery of sin and Satan, renewing them both inwardly and outwardly, and comforting, strengthening, and establishing the saints, which cannot be done by the persuasive language of men, but by the power of God. And it is a happy temper, to have the spirit of love and meekness bear the rule, yet to maintain just authority.
Agrees Assembly Beloved Cause Child Christ Christian Church Clear Dear Dearly-Loved Everywhere Faithful Habits Jesus Love Manner Reason Remembrance Remind Sending Spiritually Teach Teacher Timotheus Timothy True. Way Ways
Agrees Assembly Beloved Cause Child Christ Christian Church Clear Dear Dearly-Loved Everywhere Faithful Habits Jesus Love Manner Reason Remembrance Remind Sending Spiritually Teach Teacher Timotheus Timothy True. Way Ways
