--- title: "2 Timothy: Summary & All 4 Chapters · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/ description: "The Second Letter to Timothy, a pastoral letter in 4 chapters. Bp. Challoner’s summary of all 4 chapters, and the full text free." --- New Testament # The Second Letter to Timothy The Second Letter to Timothy is the sixteenth of the 27 books of the New Testament: 4 chapters and 83 verses. [Start reading: 2 Timothy 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) [1](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) [2](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/2/) [3](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/3/) [4](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/4/) ## About 2 Timothy About 2 Timothy · Pastoral letter Second Timothy is cast as Paul's last letter, written from a Roman prison with death in view, to the co-worker he loved like a son: guard the deposit, endure hardship, preach the word in season and out. Like the other pastorals its authorship is discussed, but no letter sounds more like a testament — the time of my dissolution presses close, I have fought the good fight, I have preserved the faith. It was written to pass a torch, and the Church has read it at the deathbed of every generation of her ministers. *2 Timothy in Bless* | | | |---|---| | Testament | New Testament — book 16 of 27, 62 of 73 in the Bible | | Canon | Protocanonical (in every Christian canon) | | Chapters | 4 | | Verses | 83, as Bless numbers them | | Latin | Clementine Vulgate, every chapter | | Bp. Challoner | Summaries of all 4 chapters · 4 notes | | Catechism | 18 paragraphs cite it | Chapter by chapter ## All 4 chapters, *in brief.* Bishop Richard Challoner’s summary of each chapter, from his revision of the Douay-Rheims (1749–52). Open a chapter for the full text. 1. ### [2 Timothy 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) 18 verses He admonishes him to stir up the grace he received by his ordination and not to be discouraged at his sufferings, but to hold firm the sound doctrine of the gospel. 2. ### [2 Timothy 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/2/) 26 verses He exhorts him to diligence in his office and patience in suffering. The danger of the delusions of heretics. 3. ### [2 Timothy 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/3/) 17 verses The character of heretics of latter days. He exhorts Timothy to constancy. Of the great profit of the knowledge of the scriptures. 4. ### [2 Timothy 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/4/) 22 verses His charge to Timothy. He tells him of his approaching death and desires him to come to him. Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summaries In the comments ## What the saints *said.* 4 quotations from 4 saints linked to passages of 2 Timothy in Bless. Each names the work it comes from. [St. Bede the Venerable](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bede-the-venerable/) · on [2 Timothy 2:15](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/2/#v15) On this theme > I have spent my whole life in this monastery, applying myself entirely to the study of the Scriptures. Ecclesiastical History, V.24, 731 [St. John Chrysostom](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-chrysostom/) · on [2 Timothy 3:16](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/3/#v16) On this theme > Ignorance of the Scriptures is a great cliff and a deep abyss. Homily on Genesis, 2, c. 388 [St. Gregory the Great](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gregory-the-great/) · on [2 Timothy 4:2](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/4/#v2) On this theme > Let the ruler be, through humility, a companion to those who live well, and through the zeal of righteousness, stern against the vices of the wicked. Pastoral Rule, II.3, 591 [St. Polycarp](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-polycarp/) · on [2 Timothy 4:7](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/4/#v7) On this theme > Eighty-six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me? Martyrdom of Polycarp, 9, 155 Coming up ## Read at *Mass.* From October 29, 2026 to October 28, 2027, 2 Timothy is read at the principal Mass on 11 days in the US calendar. The next 8 readings: | Date | Celebration | Reading | Citation | |---|---|---|---| | [Sat, Nov 21, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/21/) | Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Alleluia | [See 2 Timothy 1:10](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) | | [Thu, Jan 21, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/21/) | St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr | Alleluia | [2 Timothy 1:10](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) | | [Tue, Jan 26, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/26/) | Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops | First Reading | [2 Timothy 1:1-8](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) | | [Thu, Jun 3, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/03/) computed | St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs | Alleluia | [See 2 Timothy 1:10](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) | | [Sun, Jun 27, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/27/) computed | Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Alleluia | [Cf. 2 Timothy 1:10](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) | | [Tue, Jun 29, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/29/) computed | Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles | Second Reading | [2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/4/) | | [Mon, Jul 5, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/05/) computed | Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Alleluia | [See 2 Timothy 1:10](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) | | [Sat, Aug 7, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/07/) computed | Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Alleluia | [See 2 Timothy 1:10](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-timothy/1/) | Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [Previous book The First Letter to Timothy](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-timothy/) [Next book The Letter to Titus](https://blessbible.app/bible/titus/)