2 Tim.2:1 – You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Paul’s second letter to Timothy is written by one looking into eternity, Paul had finished his race, he was about to step over into glory. His last message was to his son in the faith Timothy, he was …
2 Tim.2:4-7 – No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier. Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules. The hard-working farmer ought to be …
2 Tim.4:6-8 – For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous …
2 Tim.1:6 – For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. Fires ultimately go out if they are not maintained. There is an art to starting a fire in a fireplace or campfire and there is an art to …
2 Tim.1:13 – Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This same language smells of Pentecost. Paul may not be talking of the prayer language here per se but is talking about unity in the Spirit in Christ’s body …
2Tim. 2:1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Be strong in grace!!! Paul is describing something supernatural at its very nature. Be strong, endunamoo, or be infused with the power of God. In Paul’s letter to his spiritual son Timothy he is literally prophesying or proclaiming the …
2 Tim.1:6 – For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. This passage is especially relevant in today’s world when there is so much pressure to neglect spiritual gifts or to abandon them altogether. Paul recognized the importance of …
2Tim. 3:1-5 ¶ But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than …
2Tim. 2:24-26 – And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after …
2Tim. 1:6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. I often think of this passage when I am facing some kind of fiery trial of my faith. This letter was the last Paul wrote, probably written just before he was …
