Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 2 Timothy 2:8

"Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:" — 2 Timothy 2:8 (ASV)

Now Paul urges Timothy to keep on remembering Jesus Christ. “Raised from the dead” emphasizes his deity; “descended from David,” his humanity (cf. Romans 1:3–4). It is not the dead Christ that Timothy is to contemplate, but the risen living Lord. This is Paul’s “gospel” (lit., “good news”; GK 2295).