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2 Timothy 1 — Sermon Preparation
Paul encourages Timothy to fan into flame his gift, not to be ashamed of the gospel, and to hold to the sound teaching entrusted to him. Below is a research summary for 2 Timothy 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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2 Timothy 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπαισχύνομαι | epaischýnomai | G1870 | 3 | be ashamed |
| ἔλεος | éleos | G1656 | 3 | mercy |
| παραθήκη | parathḗkē | G3866 | 2 | committed unto |
| ἐνοικέω | enoikéō | G1774 | 2 | dwell in |
| χάρις | cháris | G5485 | 3 | acceptable, benefit, favour, gift |
| αἰτία | aitía | G156 | 2 | accusation, case, cause, crime |
| ἡμέρα | hēméra | G2250 | 3 | age, alway, day ), for ever |
How preachers through history handled this text
19 public-domain excerpts on 2 Timothy 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The apostle mentions the constancy of Onesiphorus; he oft refreshed him with his letters, and counsels, and comforts, and was not ashamed of him. A good man will seek to do good. The day of death and judgment is an awful day. And if we would have mercy then, we must seek for it now of the Lord. The best we can ask, for ourselves or our friends, is, that the Lord will grant that we and they may find mercy of the Lord, when called to pass out of time into eternity, and to appear before the judgment seat of Christ.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Timothy 1:15–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Asia— 2 Tim 1:15
- Rome— 2 Tim 1:17
- Ephesus— 2 Tim 1:18
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