2 Timothy 2
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 2 of 4
Chapter Summary
1 He is encouraged again to constancy and perseverance. 22 Whereof to beware, and what to follow after.
Key Greek Words
People & Context
Writing as one suffering hardship unto bonds for the gospel, yet the Word of God is not bound [2:8-10]
Paul's child, charged to be empowered by grace and entrust the teaching to faithful men [2:1-2]
Risen from the dead, of the seed of David, the One believers die and live and reign with [2:8,11-12]
False teacher whose word spreads like gangrene, saying the resurrection has already come [2:17-18]
Paired with Hymenaeus in deviating from the truth and overturning the faith of some [2:17-18]
Named as the royal lineage from whose seed the risen Christ came [2:8]
Timeline
Paul tells Timothy to be empowered by grace in Christ Jesus and to commit what he heard through many witnesses to faithful men competent to teach others, establishing a chain of transmission.
2 Timothy 2:1-2Paul uses three metaphors: the soldier who does not entangle himself with civilian affairs, the athlete who must compete lawfully to be crowned, and the laboring farmer who partakes first of the fruits.
2 Timothy 2:3-7Timothy is to remember Jesus Christ raised from the dead, of the seed of David. Paul endures bonds for the gospel, but the Word of God has not been bound. He endures all things for the elect.
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