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Pentecost Season · Proper 23 · Year C

2 Timothy 2:8-15

Remember Jesus Christ, Raised from the Dead

October 15, 2028

The Apostle Paul in Prison, Rembrandt van Rijn
The Apostle Paul in Prison, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1627Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
An old man sitting on the floor of a cell with the books open across his knees and the sword behind him, stopped mid-sentence with the pen still in his hand.I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt at twenty-one, painting the thinking rather than the writing.Staatsgalerie StuttgartThe Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 17:11-19Lk 17:11-19
Epistle2 Tim. 2:8-152 Tm 2:8-15
Old TestamentJer. 29:1, 4-7Jer 29:1, 4-7Alt. OT2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c2 Kgs 5:1-3, 7-15c
PsalterPs. 66:1-12Ps 66:1-12Alt. PsalmPs. 111Ps 111

Overview & Insights

"The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him." (2 Timothy 2:11)

Paul urges Timothy to remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, as the center of the gospel for which Paul himself is chained like a criminal, quoting what appears to be an early Christian hymn about dying and living with Christ, and charging Timothy to rightly handle the word of truth rather than wrangle over words.

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Commentary

Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:8-15Commentary on 2 Tm 2:8-15 Working Preacher

Reads the hymn fragment in verses 11-13 as the theological center of the passage.

2 Timothy 2:8-15 Commentary2 Tm 2:8-15 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A preaching-focused reading of remembering the risen Christ amid suffering.

2 Timothy 2 Commentary2 Tm 2 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse notes on the call to remember Christ and rightly handle the word of truth.

2 Timothy 22 Tm 2 StudyLight

Barnes' Notes gives a close phrase-by-phrase reading of the chapter's hymn and charge.

2 Timothy 2:8 Commentaries2 Tm 2:8 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentators on remembering Jesus Christ raised from the dead.

Background & Word Study

2 Timothy 2:8 Greek Interlinear2 Tm 2:8 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Greek for the hymn fragment and the charge to rightly handle the word.

The Church Fathers

Homily 5 on Second Timothy New Advent · Church Fathers

Chrysostom's homily opening at 2:11, on dying and reigning with Christ.

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