friends, and foes. 9. This epistle is his spiritual swan song, his dying shout of triumph. 10. Dr. J. Vernon McGee writes: “In Second Timothy Paul speaks of the ultimate outcome of gospel preaching. The final fruition will not be the total conversion of mankind, nor will it usher in the Millennium. On the contrary, there will come about an apostasy which will well-nigh blot out ‘the faith’ from the earth. This is in complete harmony with the startling word of Christ, ‘When the Son of man cometh,