directs his own and Timothy’s gaze. Or, to be more specific, it is to the regal lordship of the resurrected Jesus that he points as the Christian’s strength and support. The language is compressed to the extremity of conciseness. It is difficult to convey its full force except in diluted paraphrase. Paul bids Timothy in the midst of all the besetting perplexities and dangers which encompassed him to strengthen his heart by bearing constantly in remembrance, not Jesus Christ simpliciter, but Jesus