Tag: 2 timothy

‘At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.’ — 2 Timothy 4:16 How sad to think of Paul the Apostle, who had

‘Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.’ — 2 Timothy 3:5 2 Timothy 3 opens with an insidious list of characteristics of the last days (v.2-4). The term ‘last days’ refers to the period

‘If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.’ — 2 Timothy 2:21 Various metaphors for the servant of the Lord are given in

‘Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;’ — 2 Timothy 1:8 Job was a righteous, rich,