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2 Timothy Chapter 1 – Commentary & Explanation (A Study-Bible Blog) Photo by  Mitchell Leach  on  Unsplash When I read 2 Timothy, I feel like I’m holding a letter still warm with the breath of Paul himself. You know—like one of those moments when a message feels alive and trembling with urgency, maybe even with a scent of ink and sweat and old parchment. This chapter, especially, it kinda hits me in the chest, because it’s not theory or theology floating in the clouds but an aging apostle writing with chains biting into his skin. And he’s writing to someone he loves like his own kid. And I don’t know why, but every time I read that opening line, I feel something old and soft inside me shift around. This is Paul’s last letter, at least the last one we know of. And you can kinda taste that finality, that seriousness, mixed with the tenderness of a mentor giving his final words. There’s a Greek phrase that appears later, παραθήκη (parathēkē) , meaning “a deposit entrus...

Introduction to 2 Timothy — A Commentary and Explanation Bible Study (Verse-by-Verse) Photo by Mitchell Leach on Unsplash When I sit down with 2 Timothy , sometimes the pages feel a little heavier than other letters. I don’t even know why at first, but then it hits me again and again—this is Paul’s last writing we have. Like, imagine ink trembling on parchment because the writer knows time is short. There’s this strange smell of old parchment and maybe even prison dampness when I think about it. And the mood of the whole thing… it’s not desperation, but like a deep fatherly sigh. A mixture of courage and sadness and hope and legacy all poured together. 2 Timothy feels like an aged apostle placing his last warm hand upon the shoulder of his spiritual son— Timothy , young, maybe anxious, maybe trying his best to keep that fragile church flame alive in Ephesus. Sometimes I picture the sound of chains clinking while Paul writes, the Greek word δέσμιος (desmios) meaning “a prisoner, o...