"To Have No Feeling of Shame"

Epistle Paul sent this letter to Timothy his "beloved child (1:2)" to
exhort him and to give an order to him. And what is interesting about
this letter is that Paul explained about what he is teaching by giving
examples of the stories of real people. Not only once but several
times in this letter. There are some people that Paul mentioned like
Timothy's grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice, who's story's detail
is not referenced in the Bible. But there also people who's story is
written in the Bible specifically.

Timothy the Paul's Beloved Child

First we have to analyze who Timothy is. The person that Paul sent
this letter to. In the beginning of this letter, Paul called Timothy
his beloved child and he told him his joy about Timothy's faith (1:2,
3-5). And he also wrote an exhortation to encourage his work of the
gospel (1:6-7). To remind him to fan into flame the gift of God (1:6).
And the detail about him is written in Act 16. In Act 16, you will be
able to find out that his mother was a Jew but his father was a Greek
the gentile. But Paul wanted to take Timothy with him to the journey
so he made him get circumcised. So it might be one of the reasons that
Paul called him "my beloved child (1:2)". He was well spoken of by the
brothers at Lystra and Iconium(Act 16:2). And in 2 Timothy 3:11 Paul
wrote about Lystra and Iconium where he was persecuted for the sake of
the gospel. And the detail about this story which is written in Act
14:19 is that Jews stirred up the crowd to stone Paul to death.

Timothy's Mother Eunice

Paul mentioned about Timothy's mother Eunice in chapter 1 verse 5. The
true faith of Timothy was first in his mother and his grandmother
Lois. Other specific story about the is not written in the Bible but
it is clear that Eunice was a jew and her husband was a Greek (Act
16:1).

Onesiphorus and His Family

Onesiphorus and his family that Paul mentioned in 1:16 only comes out
in 2 Timothy like Timothy's grandmother Lois. In this passage, Paul
wrote that Onesiphorus and his family supported him even when Paul was
imprisoned. Because they were not ashamed about the gospel. And they
did the same to Paul when he was in Rome and Ephesus as well. To have
no feeling about the gospel is what Paul commanded Timothy in this
letter (1:8). Because the salvation and eternal glory are promised
(2:10).

Hymenaeus and Philetus

The people that Paul mentioned in this letter were not only the good
people like Timothy's family and Onesiphorus' family (1:16). But Paul
rather mentioned more about the bad people. Because there were people
who left Paul and spread vain babbling through out the church (2:16).
Hymenaeus and Philetus were those who left Paul. And Paul written
about Hymenaeus in 1 Timothy 1:20 also. Not only that they did not
spread the word of God but they taught false teaching about the
resurrection of Christ. And it overturned the faith of some people in
the church (3:18). Paul even wrote that he gave up Hymenaeus to Satan
for what he did in 1 Timothy 1:20.

Jannes and Jambres

Paul also referred to the story in the Old Testaments. And he wrote
about two men Jannes and Jambres who disqualified regarding the faith.
According to the reference passage, they are the people that lived in
Moses' days. They were the Egyptian magicians for Pharaoh who imitated
the miracles that Aaron and Moses done (Exodus 7:11).  In Exodus 7
they are not treated as bad people so much, but in 2 Timothy 3:8, Paul
wrote about them that they were the "men also oppose the truth, men
corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith".  And in
chapter 3, Paul wrote about Timothy who followed him faithfully even
in the days of oppression in contrast to Jannes and Jambres (3:10-11).

Demas and His Love for the World

In chapter 4 verse 10, Paul wrote that Demas forsaken him because of
his love to the world. But it seems like he was still with Paul when
Paul wrote the letter to Colossians. Because he wrote the greeting
from Demas to the church in Colossae in the end of the letter
(Colossians 4:14).

Alexander the Coppersmith

Paul asked God for the just judgement upon Alexander the coppersmith
in chapter 4 verse 14 for what he did. Because he opposed Paul's
message (4:15). Even though nothing else is mentioned about him in the
Bible but it is interesting that the similar person Demetrius the
silversmith comes out in Act 19. This man was making money by selling
the silver shrines of Artemis. But because of what Paul taught that
"gods made with hands are not gods (Acts 19:26)", his job and faith
were put into jeopardy. So he became angry and stirred up the crowd to
oppose Paul and his people.

To Have No Feeling of Shame

There are many people that Paul mentioned in this story by writing
about the specific stories. But what was his purpose of writing these
thing to Timothy? By writing about the real people like Onesiphorus
and his family who's faith was true (1:16) or  Phygelus and Hermogenes
who turned away from Paul (1:15), he taught Timothy to have no feeling
of shame about the gospel(1:8, 12, 16, 2:9, 3:11, 4:5, 4:14). Because
Paul himself was also imprisoned for Christ's sake and he was not
ashamed of being the prisoner of God (1:8, 16, 2:9). Not only that he
was not ashamed of the testimony about God but he endured the days of
affliction and received the crown of righteousness (4:8) . So by
sending this letter Paul taught and exhorted Timothy to have the
spirit of power, love and self-control (antonym: spirit of fear) and
to suffer for the gospel (1:7. 8).