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40 free 2 Timothy trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
2 Timothy is a short, personal book: four chapters written in Paul's name from prison to a younger co-worker he treats as a son. It mixes private requests with some of the most quoted lines in the New Testament, and its second chapter in particular is a favourite for memory verses, sermons and church bulletins. This quiz gives chapter 2 the closest attention, working through verses 1 to 26: the three working pictures Paul uses for endurance, the trustworthy saying in the middle of the chapter, the warning in verse 14, the much-loved verse 15 in both modern and King James wording, and the large house with its vessels. Chapters 1 and 3 get their own questions on Timothy's family, the vice list and the nature of Scripture, and chapter 4 covers Paul's closing charge and the friends he names. A few questions step back to look at how the book is grouped and dated. It suits small groups, Sunday school classes, youth quiz teams and anyone reading through the letter who wants to check what has stuck. Every answer comes with a short explanation that points back to the text.
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Q 01In 2 Timothy 4:7, Paul says he has fought the good fight, kept the faith and finished what?
The race
The race is finished, writes a man who has just said he is being poured out and that the time of his departure has come. The King James Version calls it his course.
Q 02Which compound word do several modern translations use to describe all Scripture in 2 Timothy 3:16?
God-breathed
God-breathed renders the Greek theopneustos part by part, and the verse goes on to list what Scripture is useful for: instruction, conviction, correction and training.
Q 032 Timothy 1:7 contrasts the spirit of power, love and self-control that God gives with a spirit of what?
Fear
Fear is the word in the King James and Berean versions, while other translations say timidity or cowardice, which suits a letter urging a young leader not to be ashamed.
Q 042 Timothy 4:3 says people will gather teachers to suit their own desires, having what?
Itching ears
Itching ears want to be soothed with whatever is pleasant to hear, and the next verse says such listeners end up turning from the truth to myths.
Q 05To which disease does 2 Timothy 2:17 compare the way irreverent, empty chatter spreads among believers?
Gangrene
Gangrene is the modern rendering; the King James Version says such talk will eat like a canker, and the verse then names two men who were spreading it.
Q 06What is the name of Timothy's grandmother, in whom 2 Timothy 1:5 says a sincere belief first lived?
Lois
Lois is named beside Eunice, Timothy's mother, and the verse traces his belief through the two women; the book of Acts adds that his father was a Greek.
Q 07Which item of clothing does Paul ask Timothy to bring from Carpus at Troas in 2 Timothy 4:13?
His cloak
His cloak is wanted along with reading matter: in the same sentence Paul asks for his scrolls, especially the parchments.
Q 08In 2 Timothy 2:3, Paul invites Timothy to share in suffering like a good what of Christ Jesus?
Soldier
Soldier is the first of three working pictures in a row: the next verse says he keeps clear of civilian affairs to please the one who enlisted him.
Q 09In 2 Timothy 4:17, Paul says the Lord stood by him at his defense and delivered him from the mouth of what?
The lion
The lion is Paul's picture of the danger he escaped at a first hearing where every one of his supporters had deserted him, and he asked that it not be held against them.
Q 10The vice list in 2 Timothy 3:2 begins with people who are lovers of themselves and lovers of what?
Money
Money comes second in a long catalogue of faults that also takes in the boastful, the ungrateful and those who love pleasure more than they love God.
Q 11In 2 Timothy 1:6, the gift of God that Timothy must fan into flame came to him through what act?
Laying on of hands
Laying on of hands by Paul himself is what the verse describes, and the King James Version words the command as stirring up the gift.
Q 12Which friend does 2 Timothy 1:16 praise for often refreshing Paul, unashamed of his imprisonment?
Onesiphorus
Onesiphorus searched Rome diligently until he found Paul, and the letter asks mercy for his household and greets it again at the close.
Q 132 Timothy 1:15 names two men among those who turned away from Paul: Phygelus and which other?
Hermogenes
Hermogenes and Phygelus are singled out from a far wider desertion, since the verse says everyone in the province of Asia had turned away.
Q 212 Timothy 2:15 pictures the person who is approved by God and has no cause for shame as what?
A workman
A workman who accurately handles the word of truth is the picture, and the King James Version famously calls that rightly dividing it.
Q 22Which word opens 2 Timothy 2:15 in the King James Version, where newer Bibles say to make every effort?
Study
Study translates a Greek verb, spoudazo, that means to be diligent or eager, which is why later versions drop the schoolroom sense.
Q 23Which children's Bible club, founded in 1950, takes its name from the wording of 2 Timothy 2:15?
Awana
Awana is built from the first letters of a five-word motto drawn from the verse, and it grew out of a weekly children's programme at a Chicago church.
Q 14In 2 Timothy 2:2, Timothy is told to pass on what he heard Paul say in the presence of whom?
Many witnesses
Many witnesses heard it too, and the verse sets up a four-step handover: Paul, Timothy, reliable people, and the others they will be qualified to teach.
Q 15In 2 Timothy 2:5, what must an athlete do in order to be awarded the victor's prize?
Compete by the rules
Compete by the rules or win nothing, the verse says; it is the middle of three working pictures, and the third is a hardworking farmer who gets first share of the crops.
Q 162 Timothy 2:8 tells Timothy to remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead and descended from which king?
David
David is the ancestor named, and Paul calls the two facts together his gospel, the message for which the next verse says he is suffering as a prisoner.
Q 17In 2 Timothy 2:9, Paul says he suffers like a criminal, yet the word of God cannot be what?
Chained
Chained is Paul's own condition as he writes, which gives the line its force, and the King James Version puts it as the word of God is not bound.
Q 18In the trustworthy saying of 2 Timothy 2:11-13, believers who endure are promised they will also do what?
Reign with Him
Reign with Him is the second of four balanced lines, often read as part of an early hymn, and the first promises life to those who died with Him.
Q 19How does 2 Timothy 2:13 say God responds when believers themselves prove unreliable?
He remains faithful
He remains faithful because, the verse adds, He cannot deny Himself, a twist after the line before it warns that He will deny those who deny Him.
Q 20In 2 Timothy 2:14, what are believers charged before God to avoid because it only ruins those who listen?
Quarreling over words
Quarreling over words leads only to ruin, the verse says, and the chapter returns to the theme by telling the Lord's servant to steer clear of foolish speculation.
Q 24What false claim does 2 Timothy 2:18 say Hymenaeus and Philetus were spreading, undermining the faith of some?
The resurrection already happened
The resurrection already happened, they taught, and a Hymenaeus is also named in 1 Timothy among those who shipwrecked their faith.
Q 25In the large house of 2 Timothy 2:20, some vessels are gold and silver, while others are made of what?
Wood and clay
Wood and clay vessels serve common uses, and the next verse promises that anyone who cleanses himself can become a vessel for honour, useful to the Master.
Q 26What does 2 Timothy 2:22 tell Timothy to flee from as he pursues faith, love and peace?
Youthful passions
Youthful passions are to be fled, which the King James Version calls youthful lusts, and the verse pairs the escape with a pursuit shared with other believers.
Q 27According to 2 Timothy 2:25, in what manner must the Lord's servant reprove those who oppose him?
Gently
Gently is the instruction, in the hope that God may grant opponents repentance and a knowledge of the truth; the King James Version says in meekness.
Q 282 Timothy 3:1 warns Timothy that terrible times will come during which period?
The last days
The last days is the setting, yet Paul tells Timothy to turn away from such people himself, treating the warning as a present danger.
Q 292 Timothy 3:5 describes people who hold to an outward form of what while denying its power?
Godliness
Godliness in appearance only closes the long list of faults, and the next verse pictures such people worming their way into households.
Q 302 Timothy 3:8 says Jannes and Jambres opposed which leader, as false teachers oppose the truth?
Moses
Moses met them in Egypt, by tradition: the two names are not in the Old Testament and are attached to the magicians of Pharaoh's court in the Exodus story.