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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:25-26 gently correcting
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:25-26 Click to listen 25 gently correcting those who oppose him. For God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap, after being captured by him to do his will. The purpose […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:23-24 foolish and ignorant
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:23-24 Click to listen 23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and ignorant arguments. You know that they breed quarrels. 24 The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, putting up with evil without resentment, “Foolish and ignorant arguments” are those […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:22 flee and pursue
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:22 Click to listen 22 Flee the sinful passions of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. The sinful passions of youth are known well enough. Writing about the Sixth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, Luther says, […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:20-21 honorable and dishonorable
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:20-21 Click to listen 20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:19 away from wickedness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:19 Click to listen 19 Nevertheless, God’s foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “All who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.” The mention of the two men who fell into false teaching (verse 17) prompts Paul […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:17-18 The resurrection
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:17-18 Click to listen 17 Their teaching will find its pasture like gangrene. Such are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already happened, and they ruin the faith of some. Paul says that the teaching (logos, λόγος) of the […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:16 empty chatter
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:16 Click to listen 16 Avoid godless and empty chatter, because those doing it will progress to even more wickedness. There will always be those, even within the church, who do not guard their tongues, and “will not share Paul’s high regard for the word of truth.” The empty chatter […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:15 rightly dividing, correctly handling
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:15 Click to listen 15 Study to present yourself to God as one who is approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. First, I will not defend my translation of spoudason (σπούδασον, the aorist imperative of σπούδάζω). Usually, this […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:14 Remind them
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:14 Click to listen 14 Remind them of these things. Warn them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, and only ruins those who listen. “These things” that Paul wants Timothy to remind people of, especially the other ministers under his care, are the vital doctrines […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:12b-13 God’s faithful grace
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:12b-13 Click to listen If we deny him, he will also deny us; 13 if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot deny himself. These two declarations are both threats about the will of God. The first one is easy to understand: “If we deny him, he […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:11-12a We will live with him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:11-12a Click to listen 11 This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. Does “If we died with him” refer to baptism, or to some other death? Now, it’s true that baptism […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:10 Election
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:10 Click to listen 10 So because of this I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, along with eternal glory. First we must ask, “Who are the elect?” and then “How does Paul, by […]
