Best When Worst
T. Hall, B. D. 2 Timothy 3:12 Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. God is pleased to reserve the sweetest manifestations from the bitterest afflictions. The fountain runs most sweetly when the cistern is broken. When comforts are most needed they will be most prized. The traveller in summer, when the sun shines, casts off his cloak, but in winter, or when the wind blows hard, he wraps it closer to him. So when we bathe ourselves in creature comforts we value not the promises of God, but when we are stripped of all then we look after God. When the salt waters are dried up, then there are fresh springs in God. (T. Hall, B. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. WEB: Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.