Footnotes

1. 2 Timothy 1:6 He warneth us to set the invincible power of the Spirit, which God hath given us, against those storms which may and do come upon us.
2. 2 Timothy 1:6 The gift of God is as it were a certain lively flame kindled in our hearts, which the flesh and the devil go about to put out: and therefore we on the contrary side must labor as much as we can to foster and keep it burning.
3. 2 Timothy 1:7 To pierce us through, and terrify us, as men whom the Lord will destroy.
4. 2 Timothy 1:8 He proveth that the ignominy or shame of the cross is not only not to be ashamed of, but also that it is glorious and most honorable: first, because the Gospel wherefore the godly are afflicted, is the testimony of Christ: and secondly, because at length the great virtue and power of God appeareth in them.
5. 2 Timothy 1:8 For his sake.
6. 2 Timothy 1:8 The Gospel after a sort is said to be afflicted in them that preach it.
7. 2 Timothy 1:8 Through the power of God.