Second Timothy is a book that Paul writes as a good bye letter to Timothy. In the book Paul is telling Timothy to carry on the ministry. He expresses this in Second Timothy four verse five, “As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” Another main point Paul is trying to get across to Timothy, is to guard the treasure of the gospel. One place he puts that in the Bible is in second Timothy one verse fourteen, “By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.” Paul uses the book as a “combat manual.” He uses this book as a terminology, or word, war. Paul says things that are clever and sad in this book. By clever I mean, he uses phrases that can be
