A Love-Letter of Life

Who were Paul and Timothy to one another, and how does that factor into Paul's charge that Timothy persevere in the ministry of the gospel? 2Timothy 1:1–2 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the apostolic foundation of a persevering ministry takes us back to Christ Himself in the gospel, because He is our life, He is our comfort, and He is our contentment.