2 Timothy: This letter is similar in content to the other two Pastoral Letters: it is a powerful exhortation to Timothy to teach sound doctrine and to be faithful to the apostolic tradition; he is to oppose false teachers and refute their errors. He is to be a model of virtue, a vigorous preacher of the gospel, and he is to urge the faithful to put the gospel into practice in their daily lives. Taken from a series of sermons given by Father Kenneth Baker, S.J., on the Letters of Saint Paul the Apostle: Sermon 14 of 17