Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes that they may also obtain the salvation, which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10 KJV) Can we endure all things for the sake of those who have been chosen by God's love, so they, too, may receive...

You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim. 2:1 NASB) Paul told Timothy to find his source of strength in the kindness and grace of Christ Jesus. Some people define grace as unmerited or undeserved favor from God. I wondered how...

Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity. (2 Tim. 1:9 NASB) To think that God purposed to save us, call us, and grace us before...

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim. 1:13 KJV) The power of our tongue will either make us or break us. We are told to hold on to a form of sound words. The word "form" here means a...

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. ( John 11:25 KJV) This verse says that the one believing in Jesus, even if he dies, will live. There is life after death. Jesus proved that...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3 NASB) There are so many blessings available to us because...

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (Gal. 6:14 NASB) Because of the cross of Jesus Christ, we are dead to the world. We are no longer concerned...

But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. (2 Tim. 1:10 KJV) God's purpose and grace is what Jesus Christ manifests to us every day. He shows us...

Let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health. (Acts 4:10 NASB) Peter had said to the...

...How that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. (1 Cor. 15:4 KJV) Here Paul gives us the three-fold cord of the gospel. Jesus died for our sins. He was...

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Tim.1:7 KJV) We have power from God to live a life pleasing to Him and power to do His works for Him. We have the love of God to touch people as He would touch them and...