2 Timothy, Chapter 1, verses 1-2, 8-18
1 Paul's love to Timothy, and the unfeigned faith which was in Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother, 6 He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was in him, 8 to be steadfast, and patient in persecution, 13 and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine which he had learned of him, 15 Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such like, are noted, and Onesiphorus is highly commendedLuke, Chapter 16, verses 15-18
14 Christ reproveth the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees16
16:15 And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men - The sense of the whole passage is, that pride, wherewith you justify yourselves, feeds covetousness, derides the Gospel, Luk 16:14, and destroys the law, Luk 16:18. All which is illustrated by a terrible example. Ye justify yourselves before men - Ye think yourselves righteous, and persuade others to think you so.
16:16 The law and the prophets were in force until John: from that time the Gospel takes place; and humble upright men receive it with inexpressible earnestness. Mat 11:13.
16:17 Not that the Gospel at all destroys the law. Mat 5:18.
16:18 But ye do; particularly in this notorious instance. Mat 5:31; Mat 19:7.
Luke, Chapter 17, verses 1-4
1 Christ teacheth to avoid occasions of offence, 3 One to forgive another17
17:1 It is impossible but offences will come - And they ever did and do come chiefly by Pharisees, that is, men who trust in themselves that they are righteous, and despise others. Mat 18:6; Mar 9:42.
17:2 Little ones - Weak believers.
17:3 Take heed to yourselves - That ye neither offend others, nor be offended by others. Mat 18:15.
17:4 If he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day return, saying, I repent - That is, if he give sufficient proof that he does really repent, after having sinned ever so often, receive him just as if he had never sinned against thee.But this forgiveness is due only to real penitents. In a lower sense we are to forgive all, penitent or impenitent; (so as to bear them the sincerest good will, and to do them all the good we can;) and that not seven times only, but seventy times seven.
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