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The Second Letter to Timothy 2

2 As for you, Timothy, you are like my own son. Allow God to make you spiritually stronger as he acts kindly toward you. He acts kindly toward you because he has united you to Jesus the Messiah. 2 You have listened to the things that I teach, and many people have confirmed them to you. You must teach other people those same things. Those people must be trustworthy and good at teaching even more people. 3 You should be willing to let bad things happen to you, as they have happened to me, when you obey Jesus the Messiah. Then, you will be like a good soldier, who obeys his commander even if bad things happen to him. 4 Consider this: soldiers focus on doing what their commanders want. Because of that, they do not participate in what civilians normally do. 5 Consider this too: when an athlete disobeys the rules, the referee does not name that athlete the winner. 6 Finally, consider this: people who labor to grow crops should be the first people to receive some of what they grow. 7 Consider the three examples that I have just written to you. The Lord Jesus will enable you to learn completely what they mean.

8 Focus on Jesus the Messiah, whom God made alive again. He is a descendant of King David. That is the good news that I proclaim. 9 Because I proclaim that good news, bad things happen to me. In fact, I am now in jail, as if I had done something wrong. However, no one can prevent people from hearing the message from God. 10 Because that is true, for the sake of those whom God has chosen, I always persevere when bad things happen to me. That way, God will rescue them, like me, by uniting them to Jesus the Messiah, and they will be glorious forever.

11 Everyone should trust this statement:

“It is as if we died with Jesus when he died.

So then, we will also live forever with him.

12 Suppose that we persevere when bad things happen to us.

Then we will also rule over everything with him.

Suppose that we say that we do not know him.

Then he also will say that he does not know us.

13 Suppose that we stop being loyal to Jesus.

Then he continues to be loyal to us.

That is because he always acts based on who he is.”

14 Teach those things again to the believers who are with you. God is listening and agreeing with you as you command them not to debate about what words mean. Debating like that does not help anybody. Further, it harms the people who listen to it. 15 Eagerly desire to be a person whom God considers to be acceptable to him. To do that, you should serve God by properly explaining the true message. Then, nothing can disgrace you. 16 Do not listen when people say things that mean nothing and that have nothing to do with God. Those people dishonor God more and more. 17 Further, what they say will spread as an infectious disease does. Hymenaeus and Philetus are examples of such people. 18 These two men have failed to believe and teach what is true. Instead, they claim that God has already made everyone alive again. In this way, they cause some people to stop trusting in Jesus. 19 Despite that, God preserves his people. They are like a building that has a solid foundation, which God has guaranteed with two statements. Here is the first statement: “The Lord Jesus realizes which people belong to him.” Here is the second statement: “Everyone who claims to serve the Lord Jesus must stop doing what is wrong.”

20 Consider this example: a wealthy person’s house contains utensils that someone made out of valuable materials like gold and silver. Such a house also contains utensils that someone made out of less valuable materials like wood and clay. People use the valuable utensils to perform dignified tasks. In contrast, they use the less valuable utensils to perform undignified tasks. 21 So then, suppose that some people avoid doing what is evil. Those people will be like the utensils that people use to perform dignified tasks. God will set them apart for himself. They will serve God well. God will enable them to do everything that is right.

22 You must avoid desiring the wrong things that young people usually desire. Instead, you should always try to do what is right. You should trust in Jesus. You should love others. You should live peacefully with others. You should do those things along with people who desire what is good and who worship the Lord Jesus. 23 Refuse to discuss controversial issues that uninformed and unwise people care about. You realize that discussing those issues makes people quarrel with each other. 24 People who serve the Lord Jesus must not quarrel. Instead, they must be kind to all people. They must be good at teaching others. They must endure when bad things happen to them. 25 They should gently instruct the people who argue against them. Then God may enable those people to stop believing what is wrong and instead understand what is true. 26 Previously, Satan was able to control them so that they did what he wanted. However, after you instruct them, Satan may no longer be able to control them, and they may be able to think clearly again.

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