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2 Timothy 1:1–7 – Gratitude and a Rekindled Gift

What happens: Paul greets Timothy and gives thanks for his sincere faith, passed from his grandmother and mother. He urges Timothy to fan into flame the gift of God, for God gave a Spirit not of fear but of power, love, and self-control.

What it means: God works through family faith and spiritual gifts. Courage, love, and discipline come from the Spirit, not from self. God’s faithfulness equips timid hearts.

2 Timothy 1:8–12 – Do Not Be Ashamed; Share in Suffering

What happens: Paul calls Timothy to not be ashamed of the testimony or of Paul in chains, but to suffer for the gospel by God’s power. God saved and called us by grace given in Christ before ages and revealed through His appearing, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light.

What it means: The gospel reveals God’s eternal grace and victory over death. Suffering for Christ is part of faithfulness. God’s power sustains witnesses under pressure.

2 Timothy 1:13–14 – Guard the Good Deposit

What happens: Hold the pattern of sound words in faith and love in Christ. Guard the good deposit by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

What it means: Truth must be kept with both conviction and love. God Himself helps His people protect the gospel. The Spirit is our strength for fidelity.

2 Timothy 1:15–18 – Desertion and Mercy

What happens: All in Asia turn away, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. Onesiphorus often refreshes Paul and is not ashamed of his chains; he seeks Paul out in Rome. Paul prays mercy for his household.

What it means: Human loyalty may fail, but God sees and rewards quiet faithfulness. Mercy marks God’s people in hard times. The Lord remembers acts of love.

Application

  • Rekindle God’s gifts and reject fear with Spirit-given courage.
  • Embrace the gospel even when it brings suffering.
  • Guard sound teaching with faith and love by the Spirit’s help.
  • Honor and imitate quiet, merciful faithfulness.

Bible

1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

2To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

12For the which cause 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 that which I have committed unto him against that day.

13Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

15This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

17But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

18The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

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