\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Timothy}
{\MTB Paul’s Second Letter to
\par }{\MT Timothy

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Introduction
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}From
Paul
who,
by
the
will
of
God,
is
an apostle
of
Christ
Jesus,
charged
to
proclaim
the
life
that
comes
from
union
with
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{2}to
Timothy,
my
dear
child:
may
God,
the
Father,
and
Christ
Jesus,
our
Lord,
bless
you,
and
be
merciful
to
you,
and
give
you
peace.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{3}I
am
thankful
to
God,
whom
I
serve,
as
my
ancestors
did,
with
a
clear
conscience,
when
I
remember
you,
as
I
never
fail
to
do,
in
my
prayers –
night
and
day
alike,
\VS{4}as
I
think
of
your
tears,
longing
to
see
you,
that
my
happiness
may
be
completed,
\VS{5}now
that
I
have
been reminded
of
the
sincere
faith
that
you
have
shown.
That
faith
was
seen
first
in
your
grandmother
Lois
and
your
mother
Eunice,
and
is
now,
I
am
convinced,
in
you
also.
\VS{6}And
that
is
my
reason
for reminding
you
to
stir
into
flame
that
gift
of
God,
which
is
yours
through
your
ordination
at
my
hands.
\VS{7}For
the
Spirit
which
God
gave
us
was
not
a
spirit
of cowardice,
but
a
spirit
of
power,
love,
and
self-control.
\VS{8}Do
not,
therefore,
be
ashamed
of
the
testimony
which
we
have
to
bear
to
our
Lord,
or
of
me
imprisoned
for
his
sake;
but
join
with
me
in
suffering
for
the
good
news,
as
far
as
God enables
you.
\VS{9}It
was
God
who
saved
us,
and
from
him
we
received
our
solemn
call –
not
as
a
reward
for
anything
that
we
had
done,
but
in fulfilment
of
his
own
loving
purpose.
For
that
love
was
extended
to
us,
through
Christ
Jesus,
before
time
began,
\VS{10}and
has
now
been
made apparent
through
the
appearing
of
our
Saviour,
Christ
Jesus;
who
has
made
an
end
of
death,
and
has
brought
life
and immortality
to
light
by
that
good
news,
\VS{11}of
which
I
was
myself
appointed
a
herald, apostle,
and
teacher.
\VS{12}That
is
why
I
am undergoing
these
sufferings;
yet
I
feel
no
shame,
for
I
know
in
whom
I
have
put
my
faith,
and
am
convinced
that
he
is
able
to
guard
what
I
have
entrusted
to
him
until
that
day.
\VS{13}Keep
before
you,
as
an
example
of
sound
teaching,
all
that
you learnt
from
me
as
you
listened
with
that
faith
and
love
which
come
from
union
with
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{14}Guard
by
the
help
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
who
is
within
us,
the
glorious
trust
that
has
been
committed
to
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}You
know,
of
course,
that
all
our
friends
in Roman
Asia
turned
their
backs
on
me,
including
Phygellus
and
Hermogenes.
\VS{16}May
the
Lord
show
mercy
to
the
household
of
Onesiphorus;
for
he
often cheered
me
and
was
not
ashamed
of
my
chains.
\VS{17}On
the
contrary,
when
he
arrived
in
Rome,
he
sought
eagerly
for
me
until
he
found
me.
\VS{18}The
Lord
grant
that
he
may
find
mercy
at
the
hands
of
the
Lord
on
that
day.
The
many
services
that
he
rendered
at
Ephesus
you
have
the
best
means
of
knowing.

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Injunctions to Timothy
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}You
must,
then,
my
child,
find
strength
in
the
help
which
comes
from
the
union
with
Christ
Jesus;
\VS{2}and
what
you learnt
from
me,
in
the
presence
of
many listeners,
entrust
to
reliable
people,
who
will
be
able
in
their
turn
to
teach
others.
\VS{3}Share hardships
with
me,
as
a
true
soldier
of
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{4}A
soldier
on
active
service,
to
please
his
superior
officer,
always avoids
entangling
himself
in
the
affairs
of
ordinary
life.
\VS{5}No athlete
is
ever awarded
the
wreath
of
victory
unless
they
have
kept
the
rules.
\VS{6}The labourer
who
does
the
work
should
be
the
first
to
receive
a
share
of
the
fruits
of
the
earth.
\VS{7}Reflect
on
what
I
say;
the
Lord
will
always
help
you
to
understand.
\VS{8}Keep
before
your
mind
Jesus
Christ,
raised
from
the
dead,
a
descendant
of
David,
as
told
in
the
good
news
entrusted
to
me;
\VS{9}in
the
service
of
which
I
am
suffering hardships,
even
to
being
put
in
fetters
as
a
criminal.
But
the
message
of
God
is
not fettered;
\VS{10}and
that
is
why
I
submit
to
anything
for
the
sake
of
God’s
people:
so
that
they
also
may
obtain
the
salvation
which
comes
from
union
with
Christ
Jesus,
and imperishable
glory.
\VS{11}How
true
this
saying
is – “If
we
have
shared
his
death,
we
will
also
share
his
life.
\VS{12}If
we
continue
to
endure,
we
will
also
share
his
throne.
If
we
should
ever disown
him,
he,
too,
will disown
us.
\VS{13}If
we
lose
our
trust,
he
is
still
to
be
trusted,
for
he
cannot
be
false
to
himself!”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Remind
people
of
all
this;
tell
them
solemnly,
as
in
the
sight
of
God,
to
avoid
controversy,
a
useless
thing
and
the
ruin
of
those
who
listen
to
it.
\VS{15}Do
your
utmost
to
show
yourself
true
to
God,
a
worker
with
no
reason
to
be
ashamed,
accurate
in
delivering
the
message
of
the
truth.
\VS{16}Avoid
profane prattle.
Those
who indulge
in
it
only
get
deeper
into irreligious
ways,
\VS{17}and
their
teaching
will
spread
like
a cancer.
Hymenaeus
and
Philetus
are instances
of
this.
\VS{18}They
have
gone
completely
astray
as
regards
the
truth;
they
say
that
a resurrection
has
already
taken
place,
and
so
upset
some
people’s
faith.
\VS{19}Yet
God’s
firm
foundation
still
stands unmoved,
and
it
bears
this
inscription –
\par }{\Q “THE
LORD
KNOWS
THOSE
WHO
ARE
HIS”;
\par }{\MM and
this –
\par }{\Q “LET
ALL
THOSE
WHO
USE
THE
NAME
OF
THE
LORD
TURN
AWAY
FROM
WICKEDNESS.”
\par }{\MM \VS{20}Now
in
a
large
house
there
are
not
only
things
of
gold
and
silver,
but
also
others
of
wood
and
earthenware,
some
for
better
and
some
for
common
use.
\VS{21}If,
then,
a
person
has
escaped
from
the
pollution
of
such
errors
as
I
have
mentioned,
they
will
be
like
a
thing
kept
for
better
use,
set
apart, serviceable
to
its
owner,
ready
for
any
good
purpose.
\VS{22}Flee
from
the
passions
of
youth,
but
pursue
righteousness,
faith,
love,
and
peace,
in
the
company
of
those
who,
with
a
pure
heart,
invoke
the
Lord.
\VS{23}Shun
foolish
and
ignorant discussions,
for
you
know
that
they
only
breed
quarrels;
\VS{24}and
a
servant
of
the
Lord
should
never
quarrel.
They
ought,
on
the
contrary,
to
be courteous
to
everyone,
skilful
teachers,
and
forbearing.
\VS{25}They
should
instruct
their
opponents
in
a
gentle
spirit;
for,
possibly,
God
may
give
those
opponents
a
repentance
that
will
lead
to
a fuller
knowledge
of
truth,
\VS{26}and
they
may
yet
come
to
a sober
mind,
and
escape
from
the devil’s
net,
when
captured
by
the
Lord’s
servant
to
do
the
will
of
God.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Be
sure
of
this,
that
in
the
last
days
difficult
times
will
come.
\VS{2}People
will
be
selfish, mercenary,
boastful,
haughty,
and blasphemous;
disobedient
to
their
parents, ungrateful,
impure,
\VS{3}incapable
of
affection,
merciless,
slanderous,
wanting
in self-control,
brutal,
careless
of
the
right,
\VS{4}treacherous,
reckless,
and puffed
up
with
pride;
they
will
love
pleasure
more
than
they
love
God;
\VS{5}and
while
they
retain
the
outward
form
of religion,
they
will
not
allow
it
to
influence
them.
Turn
your
back
on
such
people
as
these.
\VS{6}For
among
them
are
to
be
found
those
who
creep
into
homes
and captivate
weak
women –
women
who,
loaded
with
sins,
and
slaves
to
all
kinds
of
passions,
\VS{7}are
always
learning,
and
yet
never
able
to
attain
to
a
real
knowledge
of
the
truth.
\VS{8}Just
as
Jannes
and
Jambres
opposed
Moses,
so
do
these
people,
in
their
turn,
oppose
the
truth.
Their
minds
are
corrupted,
and,
as
regards
the
faith,
they
are
utterly
worthless.
\VS{9}They
will
not,
however,
make
further
progress;
for
their
wicked
folly
will
be
plain
to
everyone,
just
as
the
folly Jannes
and Jambres
was.
\VS{10}But
you, Timothy,
were
a
close observer
of
my
teaching,
my
conduct,
my
purposes,
my
faith,
my
forbearance,
my
love,
and
my
patient
endurance,
\VS{11}as
well
as
of
my
persecutions,
and
of
the
sufferings
which
I
met
with
at Antioch,
Iconium,
and
Lystra.
You
know
what
persecutions
I underwent;
and
yet
the
Lord
brought
me
safe
out
of
all!
\VS{12}Yes,
and
all
who
aim
at
living
a religious
life
in
union
with
Christ
Jesus
will
have
to
suffer
persecution;
\VS{13}but
wicked
people
and
impostors
will
go
from
bad
to
worse,
deceiving
others
and
deceived
themselves.
\VS{14}You,
however,
must
stand
by
what
you learnt
and
accepted
as
true.
You
know
who
they
were
from
whom
you learnt
it;
\VS{15}and
that,
from
your
childhood,
you
have
known
the
sacred
writings,
which
can
give
you
the
wisdom
that,
through
belief
in
Christ
Jesus,
leads
to
salvation.
\VS{16}All
scripture
is God-breathed:
helpful
for
teaching,
for refuting
error,
for
giving
guidance,
and
for
training
others
in
righteousness;
\VS{17}so
that
God’s
people
may
be
capable
and
equipped
for
good
work
of
every
kind.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
solemnly
charge
you –
in
the
sight
of
God
and
of
Christ
Jesus,
who
will
one
day
judge
the
living
and
the
dead –
I
charge
you
by
his
appearing
and
by
his
kingdom:
\VS{2}Proclaim
the
message,
be
ready
in
season
and
out
of
season,
convince,
rebuke,
encourage,
never
failing
to
instruct
with
forbearance.
\VS{3}For
a
time
will
come
when
people
will
not
tolerate
sound
teaching.
They
will
follow
their
own
wishes,
and,
in
their
itching
for novelty,
procure
themselves
a
crowd
of
teachers.
\VS{4}They
will
turn
a
deaf
ear
to
the
truth,
and
give
their
attention
to legends
instead.
\VS{5}But
you, Timothy,
must
always
be temperate.
Face hardships;
do
the
work
of
a missionary;
discharge
all
the
duties
of
your
office.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}As
for
me,
my
life
blood
is
already
being
poured
out;
the
time
of
my
departure
is
close
at
hand.
\VS{7}I
have
run
the
great
race;
I
have
finished
the
course;
I
have
kept
the
faith.
\VS{8}And
now
the
crown
of
righteousness
awaits
me,
which
the
Lord,
the
just
judge,
will
give
me
on
that
day –
and
not
only
to
me,
but
to
all
who
have
loved
his
appearing.
\par }{\SH Conclusion
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Do
your
utmost
to
come
to
me
soon,
\VS{10}for
Demas,
in
his
love
for
the
world,
has
deserted
me.
He
has
gone
to
Thessalonica,
Crescens
to
Galatia,
and
Titus
to
Dalmatia.
\VS{11}There
is
no
one
but
Luke
with
me.
Pick
up
Mark
on
your
way,
and
bring
him
with
you,
for
he
is
useful
to
me
in
my
work.
\VS{12}I
have
sent
Tychicus
to
Ephesus.
\VS{13}Bring
with
you,
when
you
come,
the
cloak
which
I
left
at
Troas
with
Carpus,
and
the
books,
especially
the
parchments.
\VS{14}Alexander,
the
coppersmith,
showed
much
ill feeling towards
me.
The
Lord
will
give
him
what
his
actions
deserve.
\VS{15}You
must
also
be
on
your
guard
against
him,
for
he
is
strongly
opposed
to
our
teaching.
\VS{16}At
my
first
trial
no
one
stood
by
me.
They
all
deserted
me.
May
it
never
be
counted
against
them!
\VS{17}But
the
Lord
came
to
my
help
and
strengthened
me,
in
order
that,
through
me,
the
proclamation
should
be
made
so widely
that
all
the
Gentiles
should
hear
it;
and
I
was
rescued
out
of
the
lion’s
mouth.
\VS{18}The
Lord
will
rescue
me
from
all
evil,
and
bring
me
safe
into
his
Heavenly
kingdom.
All
glory
to
him
for
ever
and
ever!
Amen.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{19}Give
my greeting
to
Prisca
and Aquila,
and
to
the
household
of
Onesiphorus.
\VS{20}Erastus
remained
at
Corinth,
and
I
left Thophimus
ill
at
Miletus.
\VS{21}Do
your
utmost
to
come
before
winter.
Eubulus,
Pudens,
Linus
and
Claudia
send
you
their greetings,
and
so
do
the
rest
of
the
Lord’s
followers.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{22}May
the
Lord
be
with
your
soul.
God
bless
you
all.\par }