2 Timotius 1:12

1:12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. ¹  But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set ²  and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me ³  until that day. ⁴ 

2 Timotius 1:4

1:4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, ⁵  so that I may be filled with joy.

2 Timotius 4:7

4:7 I have competed well; ⁶  I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

2 Timotius 1:17

1:17 But when he arrived in Rome, ⁷  he eagerly searched for me and found me.

2 Timotius 4:17

4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message ⁸  would be fully proclaimed ⁹  for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

2 Timotius 1:3

Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy

1:3 I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, ¹⁰  when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. ¹¹ 

2 Timotius 4:16

4:16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

2 Timotius 4:18

4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely ¹²  into his heavenly kingdom. To him ¹³  be glory for ever and ever! ¹⁴  Amen.

2 Timotius 1:11

1:11 For this gospel ¹⁵  I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. ¹⁶ 

2 Timotius 4:12

4:12 Now I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. ¹⁷ 

2 Timotius 4:6

4:6 For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart ¹⁸  is at hand.

2 Timotius 3:11

3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ¹⁹  that happened to me in Antioch, ²⁰  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ²¹  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timotius 1:5

1:5 I recall ²²  your sincere faith ²³  that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure ²⁴  is in you.

2 Timotius 2:9

2:9 for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment ²⁵  as a criminal, but God’s message ²⁶  is not imprisoned! ²⁷ 

2 Timotius 1:6

1:6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess ²⁸  through the laying on of my hands.

2 Timotius 2:10

2:10 So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, ²⁹  that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory. ³⁰ 

2 Timotius 4:20

4:20 Erastus stayed in Corinth. ³¹  Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.

2 Timotius 1:16

1:16 May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. ³² 

2 Timotius 4:10

4:10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved ³³  the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. ³⁴  Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Timotius 4:1

Charge to Timothy Repeated

4:1 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

2 Timotius 1:18

1:18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! ³⁵  And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. ³⁶ 

2 Timotius 4:11

4:11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help ³⁷  to me in ministry. ³⁸ 

2 Timotius 4:13

4:13 When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments.

2 Timotius 1:15

1:15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia ³⁹  deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timotius 1:8

1:8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord ⁴⁰  or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by ⁴¹  God’s power accept your share of suffering ⁴²  for the gospel.

2 Timotius 4:8

4:8 Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day – and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on ⁴³  his appearing.

2 Timotius 4:14

4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. ⁴⁴  The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. ⁴⁵ 

2 Timotius 1:13

1:13 Hold to the standard ⁴⁶  of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ⁴⁷ 

2 Timotius 4:9

Travel Plans and Concluding Greetings

4:9 Make every effort to come to me soon.

2 Timotius 2:7

2:7 Think about what I am saying and ⁴⁸  the Lord will give you understanding of all this. ⁴⁹ 

2 Timotius 2:2

2:2 And entrust what you heard me say ⁵⁰  in the presence of many others as witnesses ⁵¹  to faithful people ⁵²  who will be competent ⁵³  to teach others as well.

2 Timotius 2:25

2:25 correcting ⁵⁴  opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth ⁵⁵ 

2 Timotius 2:3

2:3 Take your share of suffering ⁵⁶  as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timotius 3:10

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however, ⁵⁷  have followed my teaching, my ⁵⁸  way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

2 Timotius 2:8

2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David; ⁵⁹  such is my gospel, ⁶⁰ 

2 Timotius 2:15

2:15 Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. ⁶¹ 

2 Timotius 2:11

2:11 This saying ⁶²  is trustworthy: ⁶³ 

If we died with him, we will also live with him.

2 Timotius 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ⁶⁴  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise ⁶⁵  of life in Christ Jesus,

[1:12]  ¹ tn Grk “suffer these things.”

[1:12]  ² tn Or “in whom I have believed.”

[1:12]  ³ sn What has been entrusted to me (Grk “my entrustment,” meaning either (1) “what I have entrusted to him” [his life, destiny, etc.] or (2) “what he has entrusted to me” [the truth of the gospel]). The parallel with v. 14 and use of similar words in the pastorals (1 Tim 6:20; 2 Tim 2:2) argue for the latter sense.

[1:12]  ⁴ sn That day is a reference to the day when Paul would stand before Christ to give account for his service (cf. 2 Tim 1:18; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

[1:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “longing to see you, remembering your tears” (as a continuation of the preceding clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:7]  ⁶ sn The expression I have competed well (Grk “I have competed the good competition”) uses words that may refer to a race or to a boxing or wrestling match: “run the good race” or “fight the good fight.” The similar phrase in 1 Tim 1:18 uses a military picture and is more literally “war the good warfare.”

[1:17]  ⁷ map For location see JP4 A1.

[4:17]  ⁸ tn Or “the preaching.”

[4:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”

[1:3]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “from my ancestors.”

[1:3]  ¹¹ tn Or “as I do constantly. By night and day I long to see you…”

[4:18]  ¹² tn Grk “save me.”

[4:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “to whom.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:18]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.

[1:11]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “for which.”

[1:11]  ¹⁶ tc Most mss (א² C D F G Ψ 1739 1881 Ï latt sy co) have ἐθνῶν (eqnwn, “of the Gentiles”) after “teacher.” The shorter reading has poorer external credentials (א* A I 1175 pc), but is preferred because ἐθνῶν probably represents a gloss added by copyists familiar with 1 Tim 2:7. There is no easy explanation for the omission of the word if it were original here.

[4:12]  ¹⁷ map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[4:6]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “of my departure.”

[3:11]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

[3:11]  ²⁰ map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2; JP4 E2.

[3:11]  ²¹ sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

[3:11]  map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2

[1:5]  ²² tn Grk “recalling” (as a continuation of the preceding clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:5]  ²³ tn Grk “the sincere faith in you.”

[1:5]  ²⁴ tn Or “convinced.”

[2:9]  ²⁵ tn Or “chains,” “bonds.”

[2:9]  ²⁶ tn Or “word.”

[2:9]  ²⁷ tn Or “chained,” “bound.”

[1:6]  ²⁸ tn Grk “that is in you.”

[2:10]  ²⁹ tn Grk “the elect.”

[2:10]  ³⁰ tn Grk “with eternal glory.”

[4:20]  ³¹ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[1:16]  ³² tn Grk “my chain.”

[4:10]  ³³ tn Grk “having loved.”

[4:10]  ³⁴ map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.

[1:18]  ³⁵ sn That day is a reference to the day when Onesiphorus (v. 16) stands before Christ to give account for his service (cf. v. 12; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

[1:18]  ³⁶ tn Grk “all the ways he served in Ephesus.”

[1:18]  map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[4:11]  ³⁷ tn Grk “useful.”

[4:11]  ³⁸ tn Or “in serving me.”

[1:15]  ³⁹ tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[1:8]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “the testimony of our Lord.”

[1:8]  ⁴¹ tn Or “according to.”

[1:8]  ⁴² tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”

[4:8]  ⁴³ tn Grk “all who have loved.”

[4:14]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “showed me much evil.”

[4:14]  ⁴⁵ sn An allusion to Ps 28:4.

[1:13]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “pattern.”

[1:13]  ⁴⁷ tn Grk “in faith and love in Christ Jesus.”

[1:13]  sn With the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This describes the manner in which Timothy must hold to the standard (similar to Paul’s call for him to give attention to his life and his teaching in 1 Tim 4:11-16).

[2:7]  ⁴⁸ tn The Greek word here usually means “for,” but is used in this verse for a milder continuation of thought.

[2:7]  ⁴⁹ tn Grk “in all things.”

[2:2]  ⁵⁰ tn Grk “what you heard from me” (cf. 1:13).

[2:2]  ⁵¹ tn Grk “through many witnesses.” The “through” is used here to show attendant circumstances: “accompanied by,” “in the presence of.”

[2:2]  ⁵² tn Grk “faithful men”; but here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") is generic, referring to both men and women.

[2:2]  ⁵³ tn Or “able” (see Paul’s use of this word in regard to ministry in 2 Cor 2:16; 3:5-6).

[2:25]  ⁵⁴ sn Correcting is the word for “child-training” or “discipline.” It is often positive (training, educating) but here denotes the negative side (correcting, disciplining).

[2:25]  ⁵⁵ tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”

[2:3]  ⁵⁶ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me and others in suffering” (cf. 1:8).

[3:10]  ⁵⁷ sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

[3:10]  ⁵⁸ tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.

[2:8]  ⁵⁹ tn Grk “of David’s seed” (an idiom for physical descent).

[2:8]  ⁶⁰ tn Grk “according to my gospel.”

[2:15]  ⁶¹ sn Accurately is a figure of speech that literally means something like “cutting a straight road.” In regard to the message of truth, it means “correctly handling” or “imparting it without deviation.”

[2:11]  ⁶² sn This saying (Grk “the saying”) refers to the following citation. See 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase.

[2:11]  ⁶³ sn The following passage has been typeset as poetry because many scholars regard this passage as poetic or hymnic. These terms are used broadly to refer to the genre of writing, not to the content. There are two broad criteria for determining if a passage is poetic or hymnic: “(a) stylistic: a certain rhythmical lilt when the passages are read aloud, the presence of parallelismus membrorum (i.e., an arrangement into couplets), the semblance of some metre, and the presence of rhetorical devices such as alliteration, chiasmus, and antithesis; and (b) linguistic: an unusual vocabulary, particularly the presence of theological terms, which is different from the surrounding context” (P. T. O’Brien, Philippians [NIGTC], 188-89). Classifying a passage as hymnic or poetic is important because understanding this genre can provide keys to interpretation. However, not all scholars agree that the above criteria are present in this passage, so the decision to typeset it as poetry should be viewed as a tentative decision about its genre.

[1:1]  ⁶⁴ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ⁶⁵ tn Grk “for the promise…” or possibly “in accordance with the promise…”