1Timothy

2Timothy

Titus

• 48-56 – Paul’s missionary journeys

• 56-60 – Paul was slowly making his way through the Roman courts, arriving ultimately at Rome.

• 61-62 – Paul was held under house arrest in Rome, at the end of which time, he was released.

• 62-67 – Paul traveled more or less freely about.

• 63-66 – Paul wrote 1 Timothy and Titus

• 66-67 – Paul wrote 2Timothy after being recaptured and once again imprisoned. This represents the last Pauline Epistle.

2Timothy 1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will

of God, according to the promise of life

which is in Christ Jesus,2 To Timothy, a beloved son:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the

Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I thank God, whom I serve with a pure

conscience, as my forefathers did, as

without ceasing I remember you in my

prayers night and day, 4 greatly desiring to

see you, being mindful of your tears, that I

may be filled with joy, 5 when I call to

remembrance the genuine faith that is in

you, which dwelt first in your grandmother

Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am

persuaded is in you also.

6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of

God which is in you through the laying on of

my hands. 7 For God has not given us a

spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of

a sound mind.

8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the

testimony of our Lord, nor of me His

prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings

for the gospel according to the power of

God, 9 who has saved us and called us with

a holy calling, not according to our works,

but according to His own purpose and grace

which was given to us in Christ Jesus before

time began,

10 but has now been revealed by the

appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who

has abolished death and brought life and

immortality to light through the gospel, 11 to

which I was appointed a preacher, an

apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 12 For

this reason I also suffer these things;

nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know

whom I have believed and am persuaded

that He is able to keep what I have

committed to Him until that Day.13 Hold fast the pattern of sound words which

you have heard from me, in faith and love

which are in Christ Jesus.

14 That good thing which was committed to

you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in

us. 15 This you know, that all those in Asia

have turned away from me, among whom

are Phygellus and Hermogenes. 16 The Lord

grant mercy to the household of

Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and

was not ashamed of my chain; 17 but when

he arrived in Rome, he sought me out very

zealously and found me.

18 The Lord grant to him that he may find

mercy from the Lord in that Day—and you

know very well how many ways he

ministered to me at Ephesus.

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2Timothy 1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will

of God, according to the promise of life

which is in Christ Jesus…

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2Timothy 12 To Timothy, a beloved son: Grace,

mercy, and peace from God the Father

and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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"Did you ever notice this one thing about

Christian ministers, that they need even more

mercy than other people? Although everybody

needs mercy, ministers need it more than

anybody else; and so we do, for if we are not

faithful, we shall be greater sinners even than

our hearers, and it needs much grace for us

always to be faithful, and much mercy will be

required to cover our shortcomings. So I shall

take those three things to myself:

'Grace, mercy, and peace.' You may have the

two, 'Grace and peace,' but I need mercy more

than any of you; so I take it from my Lord's

loving hand, and I will trust, and not be afraid,

despite all my shortcomings, and feebleness,

and blunders, and mistakes, in the course of

my whole ministry."

C.H. Spurgeon

2Timothy 13 I thank God, whom I serve with a pure

conscience, as my forefathers did, as

without ceasing I remember you in my

prayers night and day,…

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2Timothy 14 greatly desiring to see you, being

mindful of your tears, that I may be

filled with joy,…

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2Timothy 15 when I call to remembrance the

genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt

first in your grandmother Lois and your

mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is

in you also.

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2Timothy 16 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift

(charisma) of God which is in you through

the laying on of my hands…

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1Peter 410Each one should use whatever gift

(charisma) he has received to serve

others, faithfully administering God’s

grace in its various forms.

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2Timothy 42 Preach the word! Be ready in season

and out of season. Convince, rebuke,

exhort, with all longsuffering and

teaching.

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2Timothy 17 For God has not given us a spirit of

fear, but of power and of love and of a

sound mind.

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“For God gave us His Spirit, it was not

timidity that we received, but power,

love and sound mind.”

Gordon Fee NIBC page 227

1John 418 There is no fear (phobos) in love; but

perfect love casts out fear (phobos),

because fear (phobos) involves

torment. But he who fears has not been

made perfect in love. 19 We love Him

because He first loved us.

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Selfishness leads to fear because, if we are

selfish, we are interested only in what we will

get out of serving God, and we will be afraid of

losing prestige, power, or money. True Christian

love, energized by the Spirit (Rom. 5:5),

enables us to sacrifice for others and not be

afraid. The Spirit gives love (Gal. 5:22). Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 2, p.

241). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

2Timothy 18 Therefore do not be ashamed of the

testimony of our Lord, nor of me His

prisoner, but share with me in the

sufferings for the gospel according to

the power of God,

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Romans 116 For I am not ashamed of the gospel

of Christ, for it is the power of God to

salvation for everyone who believes, for

the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is

revealed from faith to faith; as it is

written, “The just shall live by faith.”

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2Timothy 18 Therefore do not be ashamed of the

testimony of our Lord, nor of me His

prisoner, but share with me in the

sufferings for the gospel according to

the power of God,

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In the animated movie Planes, Dusty wants to

be a racing plane. “You are not built to race;

you are built to dust crops,” his friend Dottie

warns him. But Dusty enters an international

flying race—and wins. In another movie

released the same year, Turbo is a snail who

yearns to race. Close to the finish line in the

Indianapolis 500, his once-skeptical brother

urges him on: “It is in you! It’s always been in

you!”

Turbo wins, “proving,” as Luke Epplin observes

in the Atlantic, “that one needn’t be human nor

drive a car to win the country’s most prestigious

auto race.” Epplin notes, “The restless

protagonists of these films never have to wake

up to the reality that crop-dusters simply can’t

fly faster than sleek racing aircraft.

Instead, it’s the nay-saying authority figures

who need to be enlightened about the

importance of never giving up on your dreams,

no matter how irrational, improbable, or

disruptive to the larger community.” These

movies are just the most recent example of the

relentless cultural message to young people:

you can be anything you want to be, as long as

you believe in yourself.

In the Google database of American books, the

use of the phrase you can be anything

increased 12 times over between 1970 and

2008.

Generation Me, Chapter 3

I have labeled this chapter, “Afflictions of the

gospel” because there is a feeling today that the

Christian life is a life that ought to be very easy,

nice and sweet, bright and breezy. A great many of

us think that we have an indulgent heavenly Father

who is just going to put us on a bed of roses,

remove every stone out of our pathway, and not let

anything serious happen to us.

A retired lawyer sent me this statement which he

found in a will. It read: “To my son I leave the

pleasure of earning a living. For twenty–five years

he thought the pleasure was mine. He was

mistaken.” And a great many Christians expect

their heavenly Father to make things easy for

them. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (1 and 2

Timothy/Titus/Philemon) (electronic ed., Vol. 50, p. 97). Nashville:

Thomas Nelson.

John 1633 These things I have spoken to you,

that in Me you may have peace. In the

world you will have tribulation; but be of

good cheer, I have overcome the

world.” NKJV

John 1518 “If the world hates you, you know

that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If

you were of the world, the world would

love its own. Yet because you are not

of the world, but I chose you out of the

world, therefore the world hates you.

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2Timothy 19 who has saved us and called us with

a holy calling, not according to our

works, but according to His own

purpose and grace which was given to

us in Christ Jesus before time began,

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Let me repeat what I have said before: Man

cannot be saved by perfect obedience,

because he is incapable of rendering it. He

cannot be saved by imperfect obedience,

because God will not accept it. There is only

one solution to the dilemma, and that is the

One who said, “… I am the way, the truth, and

the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by

me” (John 14:6). McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (1 and 2

Timothy/Titus/Philemon) (electronic ed., Vol. 50, pp. 98–99). Nashville:

Thomas Nelson.

2Timothy 110 but has now been revealed by the

appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ,

who has abolished death and brought

life and immortality to light through the

gospel, 11 to which I was appointed a

preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of

the Gentiles. NKJV

1Peter 13 Blessed be the God and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His

abundant mercy has begotten us again to

a living hope through the resurrection of

Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an

inheritance incorruptible and undefiled

and that does not fade away, reserved in

heaven for you. NKJV

2Timothy 112 For this reason I also suffer these

things; nevertheless I am not ashamed,

for I know whom I have believed and

am persuaded that He is able to keep

what I have committed to Him until that

Day.

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John 1028I give them eternal life, and they shall

never perish; no one can snatch them

out of my hand. 29My Father, who has

given them to me, is greater than all; no

one can snatch them out of my Father’s

hand. 30I and the Father are one.”

NIV

2Timothy 113 Hold fast the pattern of sound words

which you have heard from me, in faith

and love which are in Christ Jesus. 14 That good thing which was

committed to you, keep by the Holy

Spirit who dwells in us.

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“A sermonette preached to

Christianettes. A church made up of a

mild-mannered man standing before a

group of mild-mannered people, urging

them to be more mild-mannered.”

J. Vernon McGee

2Timothy 115 This you know, that all those in Asia

have turned away from me, among

whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

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2Timothy 116 The Lord grant mercy to the

household of Onesiphorus, for he often

refreshed me, and was not ashamed of

my chain; 17 but when he arrived in

Rome, he sought me out very zealously

and found me.

2Timothy 118 The Lord grant to him that he may

find mercy from the Lord in that Day—

and you know very well how many

ways he ministered to me at Ephesus.

NKJV