2 Timothy

No. 85 2 Timothy 2:8-13
Second Timothy reads like a last letter. Paul is in chains, and he writes to a younger colleague with the plainness of a man who does not expect to write many more. This passage holds the center of it.
No. 318 2 Timothy 3:10-17
Paul is near the end of his life, writing from prison to Timothy, the younger man he has mentored, and the letter is heavy with the awareness that Paul will not be around much longer. So he tells Timothy what...
No. 808 2 Timothy 3:1-9
Paul warns Timothy that in the last days hard times will come, and then he lists what people will be like, and it is a long, ugly catalog: lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive,...
No. 912 2 Timothy 1:6-12
Paul is writing what may be his last letter, from prison, to his younger colleague Timothy, who seems to be losing heart. So Paul urges him to fan into flame the gift of God that is in him, and reminds him...
No. 1000 2 Timothy 2:14-19
Paul is coaching Timothy on handling both the truth and the people around him. First, a warning against a specific danger: quarreling about words, which does no good and only ruins the hearers. Do your best,...
No. 1266 2 Timothy 2:20-26
Paul gives Timothy an image: in a large house there are vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use and some for dishonorable. If anyone cleanses himself from what is...
No. 1573 2 Timothy 4:16-22
Near the end of his last letter, facing trial and death, Paul recalls a lonely moment. At my first defense, he writes, no one came to my support; everyone deserted me. But he adds, may it not be held against...
No. 1647 2 Timothy 1:1-5
Paul opens his last letter to Timothy, his beloved child in the faith, with thanksgiving. He thanks God constantly, remembering Timothy in his prayers night and day, longing to see him and recalling his tears....
No. 2131 2 Timothy 4:1-5
Paul charges Timothy to preach the word faithfully, in season and out of season, whether welcome or not. And he warns of a time coming when people will not want the truth. The time will come, he says, when...
No. 2160 2 Timothy 4:6-15
Near the end of his life, awaiting execution, Paul looks back over his course and forward to what awaits. The time of my departure has come, he writes. And then, without boasting but with settled peace, he...
No. 2170 2 Timothy 1:13-18
As Paul writes from prison near the end of his life, he notes with sorrow that many have deserted him: all who are in Asia turned away from me. But against this backdrop of desertion, he remembers one man with...
No. 2726 2 Timothy 2:1-7
Paul is near the end, and he hands the work to Timothy with three plain pictures. Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Take what you have heard from me and entrust it to faithful people who can...