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==Addressing the Challenge of Opposition in the Church (2:14–26)==
==Addressing the Challenge of Opposition in the Church (2:14–26)==
This passage contains a number of commands addressed to Paul's coworker (in the second person) about how one to teach or relate to those in disputes pertaining heresy.{{sfn|Towner|2006|p=514}} The teaching of Paul was regarded authoritative by Gnostic and anti-Gnostic groups alike in the second century, but this epistle stands out firmly and becomes a basis for anti-Gnostic positions.{{sfn|Drury|2007|pp=1229}}
This passage contains a number of commands addressed to Paul's coworker (in the second person) about how one to teach or relate to those in disputes pertaining heresy.{{sfn|Towner|2006|p=514}} The teaching of Paul was regarded authoritative by Gnostic and anti-Gnostic groups alike in the second century, but this epistle stands out firmly and becomes a basis for anti-Gnostic positions.{{sfn|Drury|2007|pp=1229}}

===Verse 15===
:''Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.''<ref>{{bibleref2|2 Timothy|2:15|ESV}} ESV</ref>
* A part of the King James' Version<ref>{{bibleref2|2 Timothy|2:15|KJV}} KJV</ref> of this passage is the motto for [[Clarkson University]].


===Verse 17===
===Verse 17===

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2 Timothy 2
Fragments showing 1 Timothy 2:2–6 on Codex Coislinianus, from ca. AD 550.
BookSecond Epistle to Timothy
KategoriePauline epistles
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part16

2 Timothy 2 is the second chapter of the Second Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The letter has been traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle, the last one written in Rome before his death (c. 64 or 67), addressed to Timothy.[1][2] There are charges that it is the work of an anonymous follower, after Paul's death in the first century AD.[3][4] This chapter contains the charge to Timothy, to pass on what has been entrusted to him to those who will teach others, to use the message of the gospel to contradict the opponent's teaching, and to counter heterodoxy.[5]

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 26 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing this chapter are:

Called to Dedication and Faithfulness (2:1–13)

After the initial appeal (in the previous chapter), Paul addresses Timothy's responsibilities in the local church settings.[6]

Verse 10

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.[7]
  • "The elects": A certain number of persons whom God has chosen in Christ from everlasting to salvation, who will certainly be saved. For these so-called "the chosen vessels of salvation" Jesus Christ suffered and died; and on their account is the Gospel sent and preached to the world, the ministers fitted for their mission and commission; and since it was for the sake of such, whom God had loved and chosen, that Paul endured all persecutions with cheerful consideration which was a support to him.[8]
  • "The salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory": The salvation is only through and in Jesus Christ, and published in the Gospel, for the elects to get it in all ages. It is obtained by Christ for them, through his obedience, sufferings, and death; brought near by the Spirit of God, and applied unto them, so they have now a right to it, and will fully enjoy it in heaven; for it has "eternal glory", or "heavenly glory", as the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopian versions read, "annexed to it", both in soul and body, and remain to all eternity.[8]

Verse 11

It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:[9]

Addressing the Challenge of Opposition in the Church (2:14–26)

This passage contains a number of commands addressed to Paul's coworker (in the second person) about how one to teach or relate to those in disputes pertaining heresy.[11] The teaching of Paul was regarded authoritative by Gnostic and anti-Gnostic groups alike in the second century, but this epistle stands out firmly and becomes a basis for anti-Gnostic positions.[12]

Verse 15

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.[13]

Verse 17

And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,[15]

Verse 18

who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ May, Herbert G.; Metzger, Bruce M. (1977), The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, pp. 1440, 1446–49.
  2. ^ Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Paul: A Critical Life, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996, pp. 356–59.
  3. ^ Just, Felix, "New Testament Letter Structure", Catholic Resources.
  4. ^ Drury 2007, p. 1220.
  5. ^ Drury 2007, pp. 1228–1229.
  6. ^ Towner 2006, p. 487.
  7. ^ 2 Timothy 2:10 NKJV
  8. ^ a b John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible – 2 Timothy 2:10
  9. ^ 2 Timothy 2:11 KJV
  10. ^ Drury 2007, p. 1222.
  11. ^ Towner 2006, p. 514.
  12. ^ Drury 2007, pp. 1229.
  13. ^ 2 Timothy 2:15 ESV
  14. ^ 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
  15. ^ 2 Timothy 2:17 NKJV
  16. ^ a b Coogan 2007, p. 359 New Testament.
  17. ^ Coogan 2007, pp. 351, 359 New Testament.
  18. ^ 2 Timothy 2:17 NKJV

Sources

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