{{ Introduction to 2 Timothy 65 AD

            Paul wrote this letter to Timothy (1:2) and they did a great deal of work together preaching the Good News. The purpose of this letter was to give instructions and encouragement to Timothy and all future preachers and teachers about not being ashamed of God’s word, and to hold fast to the pattern of sound words delivered by Paul. Be strong and endure hardship and suffering as a good soldier of Christ, and be willing to endure all things for the chosen, that they may obtain the salvation which is in Christ. In 2 Timothy, Paul charges Timothy with faithful perseverance on every front: handle the word of truth with diligence, rightly dividing it; hold firmly to sound doctrine and live it out; be watchful and endure affliction; do the work of an evangelist. Guard against false teachers, whose corrupting doctrines spread and kill like cancer, undermining the work of faithful preachers. Above all, fight the good fight, keep the faith, and finish the race in Christ — with eyes fixed on the crown of righteousness.}}

            {Paul’s second imprisonment. Autumn 65 AD. Rome. Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy was written.}

             ^1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according-to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus. ^1:2 To Timothy, my beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

             ^1:3 I have gratitude to God, to whom I am giving-divine-service from my ancestors in a clean conscience, as I have constant remembrance concerning you in my supplications, night and day. ^1:4 I am longing to see you, and I have been reminded of your tears, in-order-that I may be filled from your joy, ^1:5 receiving a reminder of the non-pretended faith, the one in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I also have confidence that it is in you. ^1:6 Because of which case, I am reminding you to rekindle the gift^* of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. ^1:7 For^* God did not give to us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love^* and self-discipline. ^1:8 Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor me, his prisoner, but suffer-hardship together-with the good-news according-to the power of God, ^1:9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according-to our works, but according-to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times everlasting. ^1:10 But now it was manifested through the appearing of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who indeed did-away-with death and illuminated both life and incorruption through the good-news, ^1:11 to which I was appointed^* a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles. ^1:12 Because of which case, I also am suffering these things too, but I am not ashamed, for^* I know the one whom I have believed and I have confidence that he is able to guard my deposit consigned to him ^*for that day. ^1:13 Hold to the pattern of sound^* words which you heard from me, in faith and love^* in Christ Jesus. ^1:14 Guard the good deposit consigned to you through the Holy Spirit the one dwelling in us.

             ^1:15 You know this, that all the ones in Asia turned themselves away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. ^1:16 May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain, ^1:17 but, when he came^* to Rome, he diligently sought me and found me ^1:18 (may the Lord give to him to find mercy from the Lord in that day), and how-much he served me in Ephesus, you know this quite-well.