2 Timothy 2.1-4

Chapter two continues with an exhortation and application of the previous points. Timothy affectionately referred to as Paul's spiritual son is pointed to the previous examples of suffering loyalty and perseverance. He is encouraged to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1.13-18

Paul continues to exhort Timothy to hold fast to the pattern of sound words, the doctrine which Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles has conveyed to him. Paul is explicit that the purity of the Gospel and by implication the sound or healthy Christian life is tied to 'words'... to ideas, doctrines and concepts rooted in true reality given to us via revelation. Knowing God through His Word is the route to holiness as opposed to human wisdom or unreliable emotion. This is not to say we do not 'feel'. By no means does it suggest that but the criteria for knowing Truth is through the Word and it is the sound and solid Word which produces sound and solid Christian living.