Paul’s Greeting to Timothy
(2 Timothy 1:1–2)
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, Tit 1:3Col 1:27Act 9:15Gal 1:1Jud 1:251Pe 1:31Ti 1:122Th 2:16
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Tit 1:42Ti 1:21Co 4:14-17Php 2:19-22Act 16:1-3Rom 1:71Pe 1:22Ti 2:1
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Correcting False Teachers
(Titus 1:10–16)
As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines 1Ti 6:3Gal 1:6-72Jn 1:9-102Jn 1:7Tit 1:9-111Ti 4:111Ti 4:6Act 20:1-3 or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith. 1 1Ti 4:7Tit 1:14Tit 3:92Ti 4:42Pe 1:161Ti 6:3-51Ti 6:202Ti 2:14
The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. 1Ti 1:19Gal 5:222Ti 2:22Gal 5:13-142Ti 1:52Ti 1:3Mrk 12:28-341Pe 1:22 Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk. Tit 1:102Ti 2:23-241Ti 6:20-21Tit 3:91Ti 5:152Ti 2:182Ti 4:101Ti 6:4-5 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert. Rom 1:222Pe 2:121Ti 6:4Gal 3:5Gal 5:3-42Ti 3:7Gal 3:2Rom 2:19-21
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. Rom 7:12-13Psa 19:7-10Rom 7:162Ti 2:5Gal 3:21Psa 119:127-128Neh 9:13Psa 119:96-105 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, Gal 3:191Pe 4:18Rom 5:20Gal 3:10-14Gal 5:23Rom 6:14Tit 3:3Rom 1:30 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders 2and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching 1Co 6:9-10Lev 18:222Ti 4:3Rom 1:26Gal 5:19-21Rev 21:271Ti 6:3Jud 1:7 that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted. Gal 2:7Tit 1:31Ti 6:152Co 4:4Rom 2:162Co 5:18-201Co 4:1-21Co 9:17
God’s Grace to Paul
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service. Php 4:132Ti 4:172Co 12:9-10Col 1:25Act 9:15Php 2:111Co 7:252Co 3:5-6 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. Act 8:31Pe 2:10Heb 6:4-82Pe 2:21-22Act 9:13Act 3:17Heb 10:26-29Heb 4:16 And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 2Ti 1:13Eph 1:7-81Co 15:101Pe 1:32Co 13:14Isa 55:6-71Jn 4:10Rom 16:20
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst. Mrk 2:17Luk 19:10Jhn 3:16-17Jhn 12:47Jhn 1:12Luk 5:32Rom 5:8-101Ti 1:13 But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life. 1Ti 1:13Eph 2:72Pe 3:9Psa 25:111Jn 5:11-12Luk 7:472Pe 3:151Pe 3:20 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. Eph 3:20-21Jud 1:251Ti 6:15-16Rev 17:14Rev 19:11Ch 29:11Col 1:15Psa 45:6
Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, 1Ti 4:141Ti 6:202Ti 4:1-32Ti 2:1-52Co 10:3-41Ti 6:12-14Eph 6:12-18Php 2:22 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith. 1Ti 3:9Rev 3:101Pe 3:15-161Ti 6:9Tit 1:91Co 11:192Pe 2:1-32Ti 3:1-6 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme. 1Co 5:4-52Ti 2:171Co 11:322Th 3:15Rev 3:19Act 19:33Rev 13:5-62Co 10:6