2 Timothy 4:15 BSB — MannaFest

2 Timothy 4:15

You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

of whom do thou also beware; for he greatly withstood our words.

KJV

Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

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Commentary

3 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 2 Timothy (1274)

Hence he adds, "whom do you also avoid" as a heretic: "a man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid" (Titus 3:10). The reason behind this advice is that "he has greatly withstood our words": "you always resist the Holy Spirit" …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is he who is spoken of Acts xix. It should seem, he had been a professor of the Christian religion, a forward professor, for he was there particularly maligned by the worshippers of Diana, and yet he did Paul much evil.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
σὺ	su	you yourself	G4771 →
φυλάσσου·	phulassou	do yourself beware of;	G5442 →
λίαν	lian	exceedingly	G3029 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἀντέστη	antestē	has opposed	G436 →
τοῖς	tois	<the>	G3588 →
ἡμετέροις	hēmeterois	our own	G1473 →
λόγοις.¶	logois	message.	G3056 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 3:2
Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:13
  For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- Titus 1:16
  They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Revelation 22:15
  But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Isaiah 56:10–11
  Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- 2 Timothy 3:1–6
  But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
Through
2 Timothy 3:8
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
leads to
- Acts 13:8–11
  But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- Exodus 7:11
  But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
- Revelation 2:20
  But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.