For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
Confidence as to the future drives away shame. I know what a faithful, promise-keeping God He is, though the world knows Him not. A feeble faith may clasp a strong Saviour.
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I suffer for the Gospel's sake without fear or shame, knowing firmly that He is able to keep in safety what I have committed to Him: my temporal life and my eternal soul, my reward in heaven. Knowledge of God must go before faith in God.
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Timothy must stir up his gifts like fire under embers, exercising them constantly; gifts unused decay like muscles in idleness. The great poison to usefulness is slavish fear, which buried the wicked servant's talent and will bury yours if you let it.
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Commenting on 2 Timothy 1:6-14