...immediate sense of his own departure being near at hand, he addressed this solemn language to him ; " I charge thee therefore, before God, and the Lord...an evangelist ; make full proof of thy ministry." iv. 1 — 5. Very similar are the charges which he gave to Titus ; admonishing him to " speak the things...

...part, more satisfactorily received than sound doctrine. Paul speaks of such times, 2 Tim. iv. 3, 4. " For the time will come when they will not endure sound...from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." Smooth things must be proclaimed : it really appears to be a day somewhat like tlie one spoken of by...

...will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap unto themselves teachers, having itching ears. And they...an evangelist ; make full proof of thy ministry." Very similar arc the charges which he gave to Titus ; admonishing him to " speak the things that became...

...alludes to his prospect of speedy dissolution. The charge to Timothy is one which needs no comment. — " I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus...of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have...

...who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords." 1 Tim. vi. 14, 15. " I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus...turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things." 2 Tim. iv. 1 — 5. " Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and...

...of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and doctrine. For the time will <x>me when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after...an Evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry."* No qualifying clauses, calculated to make ministers * '2 Tim. iv. 1, et sc<j. of Christ time-servers...

...Timothy, (2 Tim. iv. 3.) ' to preach the word in season and out of season, reprove, and rebuke, and exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine; for the...from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.' Now were not these itching ears, and their teachers, that should turn from the truth to fables, a kind...

...be not cold and lifeless, when touched by that fervent spirit which animated the inspired writer. " I charge thee, therefore, before God, and the Lord...of thy ministry: for I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have...

...doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron."—" For the time will come, when they will not endure...from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." To the Thessalonians he also writes: " Be not shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor...

...and doctrine. For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their owa lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having...of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.' Or, as our Discipline expresses it, in ' The directions given to a preacher :' — ' Be diligent. Never...