2 Timothy 1:8-12

We are saved by grace, not works, through the birth, death and resurrection of Christ Jesus so that no one can boast of themselves but only in the mercy given by God. Shout it from the rooftops. We do good works because of the good, the Holy Spirit, within us…Christ within the hope of glory.


Timothy is encouraged not to be ashamed or shrink back from the testimony of our Lord. Testimony is the witness of the Lord; the Greek term is the source of the English word martyr. Church tradition says that most of the apostles died as martyrs. Paul is concerned that in the face of vehement opposition Timothy might be afraid to witness.

It is impossible for people to earn their way into heaven. Salvation is according to God’s own purpose or sovereign plan. Grace is God’s unearned favor. The Lord called us and saved us in Christ Jesus before time began. The manifestation of God’s plan and grace has been revealed, or brought to light, in the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ. Through their faith in Christ, believers have inherited eternal life. We have nothing to fear, not even death. Therefore we can proclaim with boldness our trust in Christ.

2 Timothy 1:8-12

8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, 9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11 to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.