1. What situation that existed in the first century might have been responsible for Paul telling Timothy to “be strong” (2 Tim. 2:1)?
2. When Paul told Timothy not to let anyone “despise his youth” (1 Tim. 4:12), what was his point?
3. Explain the connection between Philippians 4:13 and Ephesians 6:10.
4. What was Paul’s point in telling Timothy to “commit these to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also” (2 Tim. 2:2)?
5. What is the main thrust behind such passages as Matthew 5:13-16 and 2 Timothy 2:2?
6. Explain, from the parable of the soils in Matthew 13, the people represented by each of the four types of soil.
7. Paul told Timothy that he would have to “endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ” (2 Tim. 2:3). What hardships might Timothy have to endure?
8. List the pieces of “spiritual armor” that a Christian solder is to employ in his warfare against Satan (Eph. 6).
9. What did Paul mean when he said in 1 Corinthians 9:27 that he disciplined his own body, lest he himself should be “disqualified”?
10. According to 2 Timothy 2:6, a farmer is granted the right to partake of his crops before anyone else. Why is that the case?
11. What is the spiritual application of the hard-working farmer being able to partake of his crops before anyone else?
12. Why, according to Revelation 14:13, are those people blessed “who die in the Lord”?
13. How is the Bible like a blacksmith’s anvil?
14. According to Matthew 24:35, how long will Christ’s words last?
15. Paul said in 2 Timothy 2:9 that was treated “as an evildoer.” Who treated him in such a manner? And why?
16. In 2 Timothy 2:10, Paul explained to Timothy why he was willing to endure such ill treatment. What was the reason he gave?
17. What was the false doctrine being taught by Hymenaeus and Philetus (2 Tim. 2:17-18)?
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,