2 Tim 2:9
for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God's word is not chained.
Praise God, His Word is not chained!

Paul warns us that there will be terrible times in the last days.
2 Tim 3:1-5
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
Sound familiar???

2 Tim 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

What a powerful piece of Scripture this is! Check out the definitive words ALL, THOROUGHLY, and EVERY. All Scripture is God-breathed! That would include the Old Testament - after all the only Scripture they had at the writing of this letter would have been the scrolls.

2 Tim 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
What a great statement of faith, from Paul or from any Christian!

We would urge you to re-read 2 Timothy 4:9-18 and weep in remembrance of Paul!