2 Timothy 1:9 says, “Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.:

In 2 Timothy 2:1 Paul instructed Timothy, yet we can make personal applications. It says, “You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” Paul wrote that just before he was executed. He learned about God’s empowering grace through a thorn in his flesh. 2 Corinthians 12:9.

We find our strength for our trials through His empowerment ~ our flesh profits nothing. John 6:63. Romans 8:5 says, “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.” Bearing fruit for His glory ~ abiding in the Vine. John 15:5 ~ without Him we can do nothing.