2 Tim 2:14-26 Outline for 22 October

Here's an outline for this week's scripture. You can always click TM for the passage in The Message .

• 14. Continue to remind them of the essentials.
• a. Warn them not to quibble over non-essentials
• 1) it is of no value
• 2) it's only bad for those who listen
• 15. Do your work with confidence
• a. having no reason to be ashamed of your work
• b. K.I.S.S.
• 16. Watch how you talk
• a. ungodly talk makes you less and less godly
• b. pious talk that isn't actually reflected in your life just hurts you continually
• 1) it accumulates in you
• 17. Bad talk, whether it's the godless chatter or the religious posturing, can be infectious
• a. hurting others with your sickness
• b. Hymenaeus and Philetus are examples
• 18. Their talk has led them away from the truth
• a. they say the resurrection has already happened
• b. they are harming some people's faith
• 19. But God's foundation stands as firm as ever
• a. Engraved with "If you name God's name, turn away from wickedness."
• 20. In a nice house, there are containers for good things, and containers for garbage
• 21. be the kind of container that's for good things, by cleansing yourself of the other uses
• a. this clears the way for God to set you apart
• 1) useful to the Lord
• 2) and versatile – ready for anything
• 22. Run, don't walk, away from evil desires
• a. pursue, instead, these things:
• 1) righteousness
• 2) faith
• 3) love
• 4) peace
• b. and do so in community, with those who really want to go after God
• 23. Don't get into these stupid arguments
• a. they just make for fights
• 24. Because you must not be getting into fights
• a. instead he must
• 1) be kind to all
• 2) be able to teach
• 3) not be resentful
• 25. When people oppose you
• a. gently teach them
• 1) in hopes that God will grant them repentance
• A) and that this will lead them to experience/know the truth
• 26. So they can come to their senses
• a. so they can escape this trap of the devil's
• 1) the devil has taken them captive for the purpose of doing what he wants them to do