Ward Shope – 2 Timothy 2:8-13
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2 Timothy 2:8-13
8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 The saying is trustworthy, for:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us;
13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—
for he cannot deny himself.
2 Timothy 2:8
8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
-This is shorthand for Paul
He spells it out more in Romans 1:1-4
Romans 1:1-4
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
Habbakuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
2 Timothy 2:9-10
the gospel, 9 for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Philippians 1:12-14
12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
Philippians 1:18
18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.2 Corinthians 4:10 – “We are…10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.”
2 Timothy 2:11-12a
11 The saying is trustworthy, for:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign with him;
Romans 6:5,8
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his…8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
Luke 9:23-24
23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
“So the Christian life is depicted as a life of dying, a life of enduring. Only if we share in Christ’s death on earth, shall we share his life in heaven. Only if we share his sufferings and endure shall we share his reign in the hereafter. For the road to life is death and the road to glory suffering”
–John Stott
2 Timothy 2:12b-13
if we deny him, he also will deny us; 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.
Matthew 10:32-33
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.