{"id":7708,"date":"2025-06-18T06:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2025-06-18T06:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:20:21","slug":"2-timothy-program-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=7708","title":{"rendered":"2 Timothy (Program #9)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bible_light.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>2 Timothy (Program #9) &#8211; The Issue of the Decline<\/p>\n<p>The apostle Paul gave an intimate word to Timothy in his 2nd epistle to him in 4:9 &#8220;<em>Be diligent to come to me quickly<\/em>;&#8221; and in verse 10 we find the reason for Paul&#8217;s eagerness to see Timothy,  &#8220;<em>For Demas has abandoned me, having loved the present age.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"2 Timothy (Program #9)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-06-18T06:20:21-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"2 Timothy (Program #9) - The Issue of the Decline\r\n\r\nThe apostle Paul gave an intimate word to Timothy in his 2nd epistle to him in 4:9 &quot;Be diligent to come to me quickly;&quot; 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