Be not ashamed....2 Timothy 1

Paul writes under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.....

Rom 1:15    So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

Rom 1:16    For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Rom 1:17    For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."

That word ashamed appears three times in 2 Timothy 1:

The context further clarifies what not to be ashamed of...neither the testimony about Jesus, the good news or gospel, nor being a prisoner and in chains for preaching the gospel.

These words are powerful and should be taken seriously today, in our age of compromised or watered down gospel messages.

2Ti 1:8    Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,

2Ti 1:9    who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

2Ti 1:10    and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

2Ti 1:11    for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

2Ti 1:12    which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

2Ti 1:13    Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

2Ti 1:14    By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

2Ti 1:15    You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2Ti 1:16    May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,

2Ti 1:17    but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me—

2Ti 1:18    may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.