2 Timothy 2 Bible study: God’s word isn’t chained

The chapter opens: "You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." (2:1) (tap strengthened) "The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." (2:2) "You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus." (2:3) (tap soldier) "No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier." (2:4) (tap enrolled) "Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules." (2:5) (tap competes) "The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops." (2:6) "Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things." (2:7). These notes give 2:1-7 as the WEB has them, and add nothing to their words. They give the soldier, the one who competes and the farmer as the verses give them, and apply 2:2-7 to no one's work, office or teaching today.

Numbers 16:5→leads to2 Timothy 2:19

Moses tells Korah, "In the morning, the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy" (16:5), and later tells the people, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men" (16:26). Paul writes to Timothy, "Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead" (2 Timothy 2:8), and then that God's foundation has this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his" and "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness" (2 Timothy 2:19). "Who are his" is the same in both, and in 16:5 show is the Hebrew verb for knowing, yada', in a form that means to make known. Paul doesn't name Numbers, so the link is a reading: many hear 16:5 and 16:26 in his two lines; others read them simply as Paul's own words of assurance.

μνημονεύωmnemoneuosay mnay-mon-YOO-o

Strong's gives its English as "make mention; be mindful, remember". "Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News," (2:8): behind Remember is this verb, and 2 Timothy has it only here (counted in RP2018, and in all eight editions TAGNT compares). Favor's Luke 17 studies it in "Remember Lot’s wife!" (Luke 17:32), and counts it in the New Testament.