INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

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2 Timothy Chapter 1: WE NEED TO BE STEADFAST IN THE FAiTH

(2 Timothy 1:1-2 [KJV])
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

ACCORD'ING, ppr.
  1. Agreeing; harmonizing.
    Th' according music of a well mixt state.
  2. Suitable; agreeable; in accordance with.
    In these senses, the word agrees with or refers to a sentence.
    Our zeal should be according to knowledge.
    Noble is the fame that is built on candor and ingenuity, according to those beautiful lines of Sir John Denham.
    Here the whole preceding parts of the sentence are to accord, i.e. agree with, correspond with, or be suitable to, what follows. According, here, has its true participial sense, agreeing, and is always followed by to. It is never a preposition.

(2 Timothy 1:3 [KJV])
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

(2 Timothy 1:4-5 [KJV])
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

(2 Timothy 1:6 [KJV])
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

(2 Timothy 1:7 [KJV])
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

(2 Timothy 1:8-11 [KJV])
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

(Colossians 1:17 [KJV])
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Mark 8:38 [KJV])
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

(Romans 1:16 [KJV])
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

(2 Timothy 1:12 [KJV])
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Psalms 118:6-9
The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes

AGAINST, prep. agenst'.
  1. In opposition; noting enmity or disapprobation.
    His hand will be against every man. Gen 16.
    I am against your pillows. Ezek 8.
  2. In opposition, noting contrariety, contradiction, or repugnance; as, a decree against law, reason or public opinion.
  3. In opposition, noting competition, or different sides or parties; as, there are twenty votes in the affirmative against ten in the negative.
  4. In an opposite direction; as, to ride against the wind.
  5. Opposite in place; abreast; as, a ship is against the mouth of a river. In this sense it is often preceded by over.
    Aaron lighted the lamps over against the candlesticks. Num 8.
  6. In opposition, noting adversity, injury, or contrariety to wishes; as, this change of measures is against us.
  7. Bearing upon; as, one leans against a wall.
  8. In provision for; in preparation for.
    Urijah made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.     2 Ki 16.
    In this sense against is a preposition, with the following part of the sentence for an object. See After, prep. def. 2.
    In short, the sense of this word is opposition, variously modified according to its application to different objects.

(2 Timothy 1:13 [KJV])
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

(2 Timothy 1:14 [KJV])
That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

(2 Timothy 1:15 [KJV])
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

(2 Timothy 1:16-17 [KJV])
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

(2 Timothy 1:18 [KJV])
The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

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