2 Timothy (KJV)
4 chapters · 83 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of 2 Timothy
Second Timothy is a moving final charge, written as the apostle faces death, urging faithfulness amid hardship and apostasy. It calls Timothy to guard the gospel, endure suffering, and continue to preach the word.
- Genre
- Epistle (pastoral)
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the apostle Paul
- First audience
- Timothy
How to read it: Read with its setting as a farewell letter in mind; feel its urgency and personal appeal to remain faithful.
It opens: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,” (2 Timothy 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in 2 Timothy
The verses of 2 Timothy that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Read 2 Timothy with a guide
- Timothy: Faithful Young Leader7 days with Paul's son in the faith4 of 7 days in 2 Timothy
- Discerning True & False Teaching7 days on testing teaching by God's word1 of 7 days in 2 Timothy
- How to Read the Bible7 days on loving and understanding God's Word1 of 7 days in 2 Timothy
- New Believer: Your First 30 Days30 days on the first steps of following Jesus1 of 30 days in 2 Timothy
- Parenting with Grace7 days for parents and caregivers1 of 7 days in 2 Timothy
- Paul: Grace That Transforms7 days with the persecutor turned apostle1 of 7 days in 2 Timothy