2 Timothy 4:15

Contextual Overview

⁹Do your best to come to me quickly, ⁹ Do your best to come to me quickly, ⁹ Make every effort to come to me soon; ⁹Be diligent to come to me soon, ⁹Strike a long trot and try to get here quickly. ⁹ Do your best to come to me before long: ⁹ Use diligence to come to me quickly; ⁹ Make every effort to come to me soon, ⁹ Be diligent to come to me soon, ⁹ Do thy diligence to come to me shortly.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

be: Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:17, Philippians 3:2

withstood: 2 Timothy 3:8

words: or, preachings

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:14 - think thou Matthew 7:6 - turn Matthew 23:13 - for ye shut Luke 20:46 - Beware Acts 13:8 - withstood 1 Timothy 1:20 - Alexander 2 Peter 3:17 - beware

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times."

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times."

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold,Then Lamech seventy‑sevenfold."

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."

Genesis 4:24
If Cain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech seuentie tymes & seuen tymes.

Genesis 4:24
The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!"

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold."

Genesis 4:24
veniaunce schal be youun seuenfold of Cayn, forsothe of Lameth seuentisithis seuensithis.

Genesis 4:24
If Cain shall bee auenged seuen fold, truely Lamech seuenty and seuen folde.

Genesis 4:24
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of whom be thou ware also,.... For he was now at Ephesus; and since he was such a malicious, ill natured, and troublesome person, as well as a blasphemer, an heretic, and had been delivered up to Satan, it was very advisable to shun his company, and have no conversation with him, and be upon the guard against him, that he might have no opportunity of doing hurt to him, or to the church at Ephesus:

for he hath greatly withstood our words: or doctrines; the truths of the Gospel preached by Paul and Timothy, which he opposed himself to, and resisted with all his might, and endeavoured to confute and overthrow; and wherein he was deficient in argument, he made up with railing and blasphemy; and this was the true reason of the apostle's imprecations on him, and why he would have Timothy beware of him, and avoid him, and not the personal injury he had done him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of whom be thou ware also - It would seem from this that Alexander was still a public teacher, and that his discourses were plausible and artful. The best and the wisest of men need to be on their guard against the efforts of the advocates of error.

For he hath greatly withstood our words - Margin, “preachings.” The Greek is, “words;” but the reference is doubtless to the public teachings of Paul. This verse makes it clear that it was no private wrong that Paul referred to, but the injury which he was doing to the cause of truth as a professed public teacher.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. Of whom be thou ware also — It seems that this rabbin travelled about from place to place for the purpose of opposing the Gospel, the Jews putting him forward, as it is said, Acts 19:33.

He hath greatly withstood our words. — Has been a constant opposer of the Christian doctrines.