2Ti 2:1-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Tim 2:1-13: 2:1-13 Timothy is again told to be strong and to endure suffering along with Paul (2:1-7 ; see 1:8 ). Timothy’s obedience should be motivated by reflecting on the Good News and on Paul’s example (2:8-13 ). 2:1 Timothy, my dear son (literally Therefore you, my child ): In the Greek, therefore links this phrase back to 1:15-18 and the emphatic you is in contrast to those examples.

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‏ 2 Timothy 2:1-7

Summary for 2Tim 2:1-13: 2:1-13 ^a Timothy is again told to be strong and to endure suffering along with Paul (2:1-7 ^b; see 1:8 ^c). Timothy’s obedience should be motivated by reflecting on the Good News and on Paul’s example (2:8-13 ^d). 2:1 ^e Timothy, my dear son (literally Therefore you, my child): In the Greek, therefore links this phrase back to 1:15-18 ^f and the emphatic you is in contrast to those examples.
2:2 ^g The many reliable witnesses would confirm the validity and veracity of Paul’s teaching (see also 3:10-11 ^h).

• teach these truths (literally entrust these things): This verb is a cognate of deposit (see study notes on 1:12, 14). Timothy’s own guarding of the deposit includes entrusting it to faithful people.
Summary for 2Tim 2:4-7: 2:4-7 ⁱ In rapid-fire sequence, Paul quotes maxims about single-minded struggling and laboring.