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2 Timothy 3:11

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Timothy 3:11

Verse 11 of 17

Scripture focus

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of [them] all the Lord delivered me.

2 Timothy 3:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:11

Theological / Devotional

Persecutions. Compare Acts 13:50; 2 Cor. 11:23-27 ; 12:10.

Afflictions. Or, “sufferings.” Compare 2 Cor. 1:5, 7; Col. 1:24.

Antioch. See Acts 13:14-50.

Iconium. See Acts 13:51 to 14:6.

Lystra. See Acts 14:6-20. The apostle may have chosen these three cities because Timothy was well acquainted with the district in which they were situated (see Acts 16:1,2).

I endured. Literally, “I bore up under.” Paul’s “purpose” (v. 10) helped him endure humiliation and pain; he purposed to advance the cause of Christ, not his own prestige or security.

Out of them all. Such a witness to God’s personal care would be a great source of encouragement to Timothy when the same persecutions and sufferings would sweep over his life.

Delivered. Compare Christ’s plea in His model prayer (Matt. 6:13). God did not spare Paul from the trials of life, neither did He spare Jesus. But God helps us to endure such trials. The stones of life become pillows. The tried saints are able, like Christ, to see “the joy” that is set before them (cf. Heb. 12:2), thus witnessing to the keeping power of the grace of God amid adverse circumstances.

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