He must beware not to be entangled with the affairs of this life. The whole truth of God has been obscured, and unbelief fostered by it. It is thought that at this time Timothy was at Ephesus. Considerations to strengthen Timothy's Courage, 1: 1 -- 2:13. This is the only true apostolic succession, not through the church as an organization, nor through certain men who claim ecclesiastical authority, but through those who hold the form of sound words and who minister it to others in the energy of the Spirit of God. In the midst of all this departure from the truth of God, the Lord still maintains His testimony through those who keep His Word and who do not deny His Name (Rev. Second Epistle to Timothy Multimedia. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. He had opportunity as a prisoner to read and study. The apostle by the Spirit of God reveals what shall come in the last days. It has become dilapidated and is in disorder. Introduction to the New Testament— Henry Drummond. In Him was that life in which the apostle participated; in Him, the power that sustained it, and that preserved in heaven the inheritance of glory which was his portion where this life was developed" (J.N. But his own testimony stood firm; he was strong for the Lord through grace. What the last days mean for the true believer (3:8-13), Little comment is needed on these words. There is no need to point out how this prophecy given by the aged apostle has come true. 10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Both Lois, the grandmother, and his own mother, who had a Greek for a husband (Acts 16:1) had trained the child Timothy in the Holy Scriptures (the Old Testament) and he had known them from the earliest childhood (3:15). True Security! Then the final greetings and the last works of his inspired pen, "The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. To be in that glory with the Lord, in the Father's house is the blessed destiny of all who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ, and who are accepted in the Beloved. The gospel may be rejected and despised, so that the enemy seemingly is victorious, but finally the Lord and His truth will have the complete victory. It was the cry of deepest affection of one who was deserted by others and yet not a lonely man, for the Lord was with him. As a good soldier of Jesus Christ, warring a spiritual warfare, he must suffer hardships and many privations. The rekindling of a gift needs constant use of the Word of God and fellowship with the Lord, as well as a prayerful exercise of the gift itself. Then follow other exhortations to be strong, to endure hardness, to strive lawfully, to labor, to consider and to remember. https://www.insight.org/resources/bible/the-pauline-epistles/second-timothy The blessed hope gives energy to continue in the ministry of the Word. 20A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. What has happened in the history of the Church is foreseen in this Epistle, in fact the beginning of it was even then noticeable when Paul wrote this last Epistle. The Second Epistle to Timothy is the latest of all of Paul’s writings. 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus. Lord, as I read the psalms let me hear you singing. 3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. Law and grace have been jumbled together, Israel robbed of her promises, and the church impoverished on account of it. 4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, Because they have not purged themselves from the vessels unto dishonor, and are consequently yoked with unbelievers. It is a blessed word and shows how the prisoner in Rome, facing now the martyr's death, had full assurance that all was well. If we love the Lord, if we feel what He is to the assembly, we feel that in the latter all is in ruin. 6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, 12Tychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus. RECIPIENT Timothy, Paul’s “beloved son “ (1:2; cf. God had used Paul as the instrument in bestowing a gift upon Timothy. All apostasy starts with the denial of this fact. "Hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. 'I know,' says the apostle, 'whom I have believed,' He had committed his happiness to Christ. 1I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom: Compare verses 1-4 with the last verses of the first chapter in Romans. The apostle . The fourth chapter contains the final words of the apostle; faithful to the end, and the Lord's faithfulness to him. And this John Mark became the chosen instrument to write the gospel record which bears his name, in which the Spirit of God describes so blessedly the Servant of all, who never failed. 2:3-12. This is demanded again by the apostle when in the above passage, describing the moral character of these vessels to dishonor, vessels of wood and earth, he writes, "from such turn away." Three times they are shown to be lovers. 24And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. There the characteristics, morally, of heathendom are given, and here the characteristics of the professing masses of nominal Christendom. His service, under the direction of the Lord, must be among those who are destitute of the truth and who are ensnared by the devil, though they profess to be religious. EN ES Spanish 1 translation. 9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.b And that is the starting point of the ever increasing departure from the truth of God in our days, which will soon culminate in the predicted complete apostasy. "Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up (stir up in a "flame" or "rekindle") the gift of God, which is in thee by the laying on of my hands." RECIPIENT. And if they are remembered they will bring deliverance from the strife about words, vain and unessential disputations in which there is no profit, which only subvert the hearers. "The apostle does not say 'in what I have believed,' but 'whom,'an important difference, which pleases us (as to our confidence) in connection with the person of Christ Himself The apostle had spoken of the truth, but truth is allied to the person of Christ. The soldier's calling is to please him who has called him, and all else, comforts and self-indulgence must be sacrificed. Paul’s Second Epistle to Timothy was likely written sometime between A.D. 64 and 65 (see Guide to the Scriptures, “Pauline Epistles,” scriptures.lds.org). The house as such is no longer mentioned in the second Epistle, though we read of "a great house" in which are vessels to honor and some to dishonor; the believer is urged to purge himself from the vessels of dishonor. 48 likes. 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, "Before the world began" does not mean eternity, but the time before the dispensations, "the age-times," began. How he would have loved to have his beloved Timothy at his side and look into his face once more! He knew all he passed through, all reproach, all afflictions, would not leave him ashamed. 5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. This statement is given for the comfort of His own, and it is a most precious comfort, "the Lord knoweth them that are His." 19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,”b and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”. What we have received, the knowledge of the form of sound words and the gift imparted, must be used. And that requires patience. All this will work on till finally (after the Church has been called away) the times are reached as prophetically described in 2 Thess. 12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Himc for that day. Priscilla and Aquila are also saluted, and they lived generally in that city. Paul speaks in this last Epistle as an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God "according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus." Being uncertain how it might be with himself, whether he should live or be offered up before his arrival, he wrote this letter with his final warnings, exhortations and instructions. Then follows "reproof" or conviction, and that is followed by correction and instruction for righteousness. To the apostle it had been given to complete the Word of God (Col. 1:25). 8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Comments on the Second Timothy (overview), Guidance in the Day of Ruin (2 Timothy 2). 21Make every effort to come to me before winter. 14Remind the believers of these things, charging them before Goda to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin. The sad division of Christendom, a carnally minded, professing church, is the fruit of it, and much else. 'I endure,' He says, 'all things for the elect's sake.' This book is believed to a letter from the Apostle Paul to Timothy. We live in the midst of these conditions, and are surrounded by them on all sides. 21So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit,c he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work. Jannes and Jambres were the Egyptian sorcerers who withstood Moses. Sound doctrine no longer endured, "after their own lusts they heap to themselves teachers, having an itching ear." Onesiphorus is mentioned in chapter 1: 16-18 as having sought out the apostle in Rome, and also having ministered to him at Ephesus. The characteristics of the last days (3:1-7), 2. This book is believed to a letter from the Apostle Paul to Timothy. Faithful service will be rewarded in the kingdom. The Second Epistle To Timothy Introduction AUTHOR The apostle Paul, as stated in the salutation (1:1). Note the order: Profitable for doctrine, which we get alone from the Word of God, and which is the foundation of everything. Because the professing church, the house of God, is anticipated in its failure and disorder, not a word is said of elders and deacons. Paul was the herald of this gospel to all men, to Jews and Gentiles. Their end is destruction. It was good ground which had been prepared to receive the gospel-seed. Phil. "For I know whom I believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.". Introduction. This last chapter is a most impressive one. It does not mean a certain creed constructed by man, but the whole truth of God as revealed by Him. 10:33). At the same time "all that love His appearing" will receive the rewards. In the meantime He, raised from among the dead (the seal upon His blessed work), has given His gospel of grace and glory to be preached. AUTHOR. As I read your words, let me hear you speaking. It is the conflict which the true servant has in the world, in which he is to be as a good soldier of Jesus. The believer knows this amidst all present difficulties and discouragements, for God "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." This is the true evidence that we walk in real fellowship with Him, that He knows us and we know Him. Onesiphorus is mentioned in chapter 1: 16-18 as having sought out the apostle in Rome, and also having ministered to him at Ephesus. It starts with the doctrine and leads, after conviction and correction, to righteousness. How great the reward that awaits the Apostle Paul in that day! Their faith had become weak and they had withdrawn from the apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, because he had become a despised prisoner, and with this act they showed likewise that they were departing from the great and blessed doctrines the Apostle had preached unto them. Paul’s Greeting to Timothy. 11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. The servant is identified with his Lord and called upon to go in the same path. Perhaps some of those in Asia had visited Rome and had repudiated Paul the prisoner. We are first introduced to Timothy in Ac "If we are unfaithful, yet He abideth faithful; He cannot deny Himself," that is, His own nature. If the believer is true to the Lord, if he lives in separation, the world, and especially that which is called "the religious world," with its unscriptural aims and endeavors, will not applaud him, but he will have to bear the reproach of Christ and suffer persecution. The danger of decline, which began even then to be manifested, is evident by this exhortation. 3Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Here the qualities that Timothy ought to possess in order to carry on the work are given by the apostle. 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well. ", But while all men had forsaken him, one had not forsaken His faithful servant. It is true revivals, partial recoveries there have been, but only to show that man fails again after each renewed action of the Holy Spirit. He therefore wrote him to that effect, "greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy" (1:4). Verses 13-14. It is not merely that the truth is given in them by inspiration, but they are inspired. The professing church is foreshadowed as becoming now a great house; as the little mustard seed became a big tree, sheltering in its branches the fowls under heaven. It may be possible that this man became incited against Paul on account of having mentioned his name in the first Epistle, and that he persecuted him for it. But in the midst of the declension and perversion of the truth of God, as it began in apostolic days, and is now more fully developed in our own times, there is the foundation of God, which stands firm and unmovable. We may, after all, go to the Lord before He comes to us, but we shall not have missed the good of having been in the meanwhile 'like unto men that wait for their Lord.' Contents. And whatever good thing is committed unto the believer, in the form of a gift as a member of the body of Christ, must be kept by the energy and power of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in the believer. 3:10; Col. 1:24). The expression "the form of sound words" is a strong argument for verbal inspiration. We see that he paid attention even to so small a matter, and that as to his earthly possessions he was poor. The great house of which Paul speaks is Christendom. Greed controls their activities so that they can enjoy themselves and live luxuriantly and in pleasure. Timothy, Paul’s “beloved son “ (1:2; cf. And if any deny Him He will also deny them before His judgment seat (Matt. He prays therefore for his house and that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day. The opening chapter contains the loving greeting of the apostle, and exhortations to faithfulness, especially to hold fast the form of sound words which Timothy had heard from Paul. The true way is to strive diligently to show oneself approved of God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, "rightly dividing the Word of truth." Evil teachers began in apostolic days to creep into houses, winding about silently like a serpent, and captured silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts. But this comforting assurance must lead us into communion with Himself. They continue to the end of the age. He did not hide from himself that all was going wrong: his heart felt it--was broken by it; he saw that it would grow worse and worse. 13Hold on to the pattern of sound teachingd you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Hymenaeus and Philetus, who held that the resurrection had taken place already and thereby overthrew the faith of some, were examples of it. 3:8). It is thought to be the last letter Paul wrote before his death although some think is was written by one of Pauls followers some time after his death. But he cleanses himself personally from every vessel which is not to the Lord's honor. It was Timothy's blessed calling and privilege to be a partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God. Another Jewish tradition claims that they were the sons of Balaam. And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 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