2 Timothy

🗺️ Overview

2 Timothy is Paul’s final letter, written from prison as he faces death. It is a deeply personal and urgent charge to Timothy to remain faithful, preach the Word, endure suffering, and guard the gospel. It serves as a call to courageous ministry in the face of growing opposition.

💡 2 Timothy calls every believer to boldness, endurance, and a deep reliance on God’s Word. It challenges us to stay faithful in suffering, invest in spiritual legacy, and live in light of eternity, knowing that Christ will reward those who persevere.

• Paul’s Imprisonment and Martyrdom

  Unlike his earlier house arrest, Paul was now in a Roman dungeon awaiting execution. Tradition holds that he was martyred under Nero shortly after writing this letter.

  📚 Source: ESV Study Bible

• Timothy’s Role in the Early Church

  Timothy was a trusted co-laborer of Paul, often left to lead or stabilize churches. 2 Timothy reflects both personal mentorship and public commissioning.

  📚 Source: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary

📊 Book at a Glance

📝 Author

Paul the Apostle

📅 Date

c. AD 66–67

📖 Chapters

4

🏷️ Genre

Epistle

📍 Location

Written from a Roman prison, Paul’s last known letter, addressed to Timothy in Ephesus

🧵 Main Themes

Persevering in gospel ministry, Suffering for Christ, Guarding and preaching the Word, Spiritual legacy and mentoring, The power and sufficiency of Scripture, Finishing the race faithfully

📚 Outline

• Encouragement to Remain Faithful (Ch. 1)
• Instructions for Endurance in Ministry (Ch. 2)
• Warning about Perilous Times (Ch. 3)
• Final Charge and Paul’s Farewell (Ch. 4)

📖 Key Stories

🧠 Key Verses

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. — 2 Timothy 1:7

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God. — 2 Timothy 1:8

You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — 2 Timothy 2:1

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. — 2 Timothy 2:15

If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself. — 2 Timothy 2:11–13

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. — 2 Timothy 3:14–15

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. — 2 Timothy 3:16–17

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. — 2 Timothy 4:7–8

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