“… we have to give our mind, time and energy to both flight and pursuit. Once we see evil as the evil it is, we will want to flee from it, and once we see goodness as the good it is, we will want to pursue it.”
John Stott
“… the imperatives exhort Timothy to persevere both in his life in Christ and in his ministry (the present) and thereby to secure the awaited prize (the future), by being reminded of his beginnings – God’s call and his own response (the past).”
Gordon Fee