Bible Commentaries
2 Timothy

2Tim

Paul’s second epistle to Timothy is perhaps, the last letter from his pen. In all his other epistles he looks forward to further service. Now he tells Timothy that he had finished his career ( 2Ti_4:7 ). The period of his dissolution was imminent ( 2Ti_4:6 ). The whole epistle takes character from this fact. The first epistle was probably written at that great crisis in the apostle's ministry when he first formed his purpose to go to Rome ( Act_19:21 ). Its subject is service. Its object was the organization of the ecclesias to uphold God's truth. The subject of the second epistle is suffering ( 2Ti_2:3 ). The ecclesias themselves have become filled with evil. Separation from the evil becomes the duty of all who wish to please God. This letter should be especially prized by the Lord's slaves in these last days; for the apostasy which began even in Paul's time has become worse with each succeeding century. The practical question, How shall we serve in the midst of present day departure? is fully answered in this, Paul's latest letter. The remedy for the present distress is clearly shown in the literary framework [omitted]. The epistle proper begins with an exhortation to have the pattern of sound words ( 2Ti_1:13 ). It closes with the charge to proclaim the word ( 2Ti_4:2 ). Its central subject contains the command to "correctly partition" the word of truth ( 2Ti_2:15 ). The Sacred Scriptures are the one great need for these degenerate days ( 2Ti_3:16 ). It is the aim of the Concordant Version to furnish a pattern of sound words, without which the truth has eluded us. It is the aim of the notes to "correctly partition" the truth, assigning each truth its proper place out of which it becomes dangerous error.

Complex Reversion with Alternation

INTRODUCTION 2Ti_1:1

Timothy's Grace: Rekindle 2Ti_1:6

Paul's Comission 2Ti_1:11

That Day The Pattern of Sound Words 2Ti_1:13

Apostasy 2Ti_1:15

Onesiphorus 2Ti_1:16

Paul's Instructions 2Ti_2:1

Exhortation: Endure 2Ti_2:3

God's Faithfulness 2Ti_2:11

Upsetting 2Ti_2:14

Worker 2Ti_2:15

Gangrene 2Ti_2:17

Subvert 2Ti_2:18

Stand 2Ti_2:19

Great House 2Ti_2:20

Slave 2Ti_2:24

Antagonizing 2Ti_2:25

The Last Days: 2Ti_3:1

Paul's Example 2Ti_3:10

Exhortation:

Remain 2Ti_3:14

The Sacred Scriptures 2Ti_3:15

Proclaim the Word 2Ti_4:1

Apostasy 2Ti_4:3

Timothy's Dispensation: Discharge 2Ti_4:5

Paul's Career 2Ti_4:6

That Day: CONCLUSION 2Ti_4:9