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.
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Interpretation
The more fully we know the doctrine of Christ, as taught by the apostles, the more closely we shall cleave to it. When we know the afflictions of believers only in part, they tempt us to decline the cause for which they suffer.
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This thought runs through 2 Timothy 3:11-15.
Glossary
- Antioch Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Antioch in Pisidia.
- Iconium Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Konya.
- Lystra Place
- A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven by persecution from Iconium ( Acts 14:2-7 ). Modern identification: Tel Lystra.