The Purpose of 2 Timothy was to give final instructions and encouragement to Timothy, pastor of the church at Ephesus.
Paul was virtually alone in prison; only Luke was with him. Paul wrote this letter to pass the torch to the new generation of Church and Assemble leaders. He also asked for visits from his friends and for his books, especially the papers-possibly parts of the Old Testament, the Gospels, and other biblical manuscripts.
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2 Timothy 1
Greetings from Paul
1 This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I have been sent out to tell others about the life he has promised through faith in Christ Jesus.
2 I am writing to Timothy, my dear son.
May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.
Encouragement to Be Faithful
3 Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 I long to see you again, for I remember your tears as we parted. And I will be filled with joy when we are together again.
5 I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you. 6 This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
8 So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, either, even though I’m in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News. 9 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. 10 And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News. 11 And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.
12 That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him[a] until the day of his return.
13 Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me—a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus. 14 Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you.
15 As you know, everyone from the province of Asia has deserted me—even Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 May the Lord show special kindness to Onesiphorus and all his family because he often visited and encouraged me. He was never ashamed of me because I was in chains. 17 When he came to Rome, he searched everywhere until he found me. 18 May the Lord show him special kindness on the day of Christ’s return. And you know very well how helpful he was in Ephesus.
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1:12 Or what has been entrusted to me.
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Hi Paul! I appreciate and learn so much from your teachings! I was wondering if you could share with me how you came to believe that Paul (the apostle) was in fact, a true apostle. I’ve been struggling so much with his theology, his conversion, and his inconsistencies.
I truly am searching for God’s truth. I’m not a troll.
Katie, Paul was a Pharisee that understood exactly where his fellow Pharisees were coming from, and things were just taken for granted that the readers back then understood without having things explained. Most bible teachers, pastors,and others today who read the Scriptures today have no inkling of any of it.
levite cahn Yes, that makes sense. Thank you for responding! I stayed up late last night watching the first 2 teachings of 119 Ministries series, “The Pauline Paradox” and it answered so many of my questions about Paul! The more I ask YAH for wisdom and understanding, the more he shows me!
The more we understand the Torah the more we can see Paul’s teachings when along with them perfectly. Yehsua was the living Torah. Paul never told us to do anything agains Yeshua’s words. His story of how he was saved says who he followed.
Katie Blake , No fear & timidity here, so to help ya our alittle, Katie, we probably ” came to believe ” that Apost. Paul is legit becuz we came out,( broke away,) from those picker & choosers christian groups. I suggest you come-out from them too, from those who pick n choose what they WILL have and what they will NOT have.