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For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through Your precepts I get 2:8 Remember…Jesus Christ. The supreme
understanding; model of a faithful teacher (v. 2), soldier (vv.
Therefore I hate every false way. 3,4), athlete (v. 5), and farmer (v. 6). Timothy
was to follow His example in teaching, suffer-
Proverbs 28:3 ing,pursuing the prize,and planting the seeds
3 A poor man who oppresses the poor of truth for a spiritual harvest. of the seed of
Is like a driving rain which leaves no David. As David’s descendant, Jesus is the
food. rightful heir to his throne (Luke 1:32,33). The
Lord’s humanity is stressed. raised from the
dead. The resurrection of Christ is the central
truth of the Christian faith (1 Cor.15:3,4,17,19).
By it, God affirmed the perfect redemptive
28:3 oppresses the poor. When the poor work of Jesus Christ (Rom. 1:4).
come to power and oppress their own, it is as
bad as a destructive storm washing the fields endure all things for the sake of the elect, that
clean instead of watering the crop.
they also may obtain the salvation which is in
Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 This is a faithful saying:
2 Timothy 2:1–26
For if we died with Him,
You therefore, my son, be strong in the
2 grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the We shall also live with Him.
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12 If we endure,
things that you have heard from me among We shall also reign with Him.
many witnesses, commit these to faithful men If we deny Him,
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who will be able to teach others also. You
He also will deny us.
13 If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
2:2 faithful men who will be able to teach 14 Remind them of these things, charging them
others. Timothy was to take the divine revela-
tion he had learned from Paul and teach it to before the Lord not to strive about words to no
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other faithful men—men with proven spiritu- profit, to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to
al character and giftedness,who would in turn present yourself approved to God, a worker
pass on those truths to another generation. who does not need to be ashamed, rightly divid-
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From Paul to Timothy to faithful men to others ing the word of truth. But shun profane and
encompasses 4 generations of godly leaders. idle babblings, for they will increase to more
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That process of spiritual reproduction, which ungodliness. And their message will spread
began in the early church, is to continue until like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this
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the Lord returns. sort, who have strayed concerning the truth,
saying that the resurrection is already past; and
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they overthrow the faith of some. Neverthe-
therefore must endure hardship as a good less the solid foundation of God stands, having
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soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,”
warfare entangles himself with the affairs of and, “Let everyone who names the name of
this life, that he may please him who enlisted Christ depart from iniquity.”
him as a soldier. And also if anyone competes 20 But in a great house there are not only ves-
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in athletics, he is not crowned unless he com- sels of gold and silver, but also of wood and
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petes according to the rules. The hardwork- clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.
ing farmer must be first to partake of the 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from
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crops. Consider what I say, and may the Lord the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sancti-
give you understanding in all things. fied and useful for the Master, prepared for
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8 Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of every good work. Flee also youthful lusts;
David, was raised from the dead according to but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace
my gospel, for which I suffer trouble as an with those who call on the Lord out of a pure
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evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the heart. But avoid foolish and ignorant dis-
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word of God is not chained. Therefore I putes, knowing that they generate strife. And
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