Pentecost Season · Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14

Fan into Flame the Gift of God

October 8, 2028

The Education of the Virgin, Georges de La Tour — **The Education of the Virgin**, Georges de La Tour, c. 1650Georges de La Tour, The Education of the Virgin (c. 1650) — The Frick Collection (used thematically: faith passed mother-to-child, as with Timothy's grandmother Lois and mother Eunice)

Roman Lectionary

GospelLuke 17:5-10

First ReadingHab. 1:2-3; 2:2-4

Responsorial PsalmPs. 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (8)

Second Reading2 Tim. 1:6-8, 13-14

Overview & Insights

"For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline." (2 Timothy 1:7)

Writing as though near the end of his life, Paul recalls the sincere faith Timothy inherited from his mother and grandmother, urges him to rekindle the gift of God given through the laying on of hands, and calls him not to be ashamed of the gospel but to join in suffering for it, guarding the treasure entrusted to him through the Holy Spirit.

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Commentary

2 Timothy 1 Commentary: A Spirit of Boldness, Verse by Verse Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse commentary on the whole chapter, including the charge to rekindle the gift.

2 Timothy 1:5-7 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed word study on the Greek behind 'a spirit of power and love and self-control.'

2 Timothy 1:6 Commentaries BibleHub

Multiple classic commentators side by side on the charge to rekindle the gift.

Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Working Preacher

A pastoral reading of Paul's charge to Timothy for the parallel Sunday lectionary.

2 Timothy 1:1-14 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed preaching commentary on the whole opening unit of the letter.

2 Timothy 1:6 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text with Strong's numbers for 'rekindle' and 'spirit of power.'

Background & Word Study

2 Timothy Overview Enter the Bible

Background on authorship, date and setting of this Pastoral Epistle.

The Church Fathers

Homily 2 on Second Timothy New Advent · Church Fathers

Chrysostom's fourth-century homily on this same passage, verses 8 through 10.

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