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New Defender's Study Bible Notes
4:12 strange thing. “In the last days…all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (II Timothy 3:1,12). It is not a strange thing, but normal, for unbelievers to oppose and persecute Christians.
4:13 partakers. “Partakers of” actually has the sense of “fellowshipping in” (as used in Philippians 3:10).
4:13 exceeding joy. Compare Romans 8:16-18; II Corinthians 4:17; II Timothy 1:12; I Peter 1:7.