Reference: Timothy, Second Epistle To
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was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a prisoner, and was sent to Timothy by the hands of Tychicus. In it he entreats Timothy to come to him before winter, and to bring Mark with him (comp. Php 2:22). He was anticipating that "the time of his departure was at hand" (2Ti 4:6), and he exhorts his "son Timothy" to all diligence and steadfastness, and to patience under persecution (2Ti 1:6-15), and to a faithful discharge of all the duties of his office (2Ti 4:1-5), with all the solemnity of one who was about to appear before the Judge of quick and dead.
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But you know his character, and how like a son helping his father he has worked like a slave with me in preaching the good news.
For this reason I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift that you received when I laid my hands upon you. For the Spirit God has given us is a spirit not of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline. read more. So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God. He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus, which has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has taken away the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the good news, of which I have been appointed a herald, apostle and teacher. This is why I am suffering as I am, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have intrusted to him for that Day. As your example in wholesome instruction, keep before you what you learned from me, in the faith and love that come through union with Christ Jesus. Guard that splendid trust through the holy Spirit that lives in our hearts. You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
I charge you in the sight of God and Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom, preach the message; be at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people, with perfect patience and willingness to teach. read more. For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome instruction, but will overwhelm themselves with teachers to suit their whims and tickle their fancies, and they will turn from listening to the truth and wander off after fictions. But you must always be composed; do not shrink from hardship; do your work as a missionary, and your whole duty as a minister. My life is already being poured out, and the time has come for my departure.