2 Timothy 2.14-19

Timothy is further exhorted to 'remind them of these things'. Who is Timothy exhorting? This is referring back to the elect in v.10. The elect whom Paul suffers for and he applied to them the faithful saying of vv.11-13. Timothy is commanded to repeat and revisit these ideas concerning our union with Christ and the nature of our profession as well as the danger of denial and apostasy.

2 Timothy 2.3-13

Again Paul encourages Timothy to 'endure', to share in the suffering and thus 'war' a good warfare. The non-carnal weapons of the Christian are utter foolishness to the world but as Christians we live our lives on a different level. Like Elisha's servant we have our eyes opened and we see the spiritual realities of the universe.