2 Timotius 4:1-5

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: 4:2 Preach the message, ¹  be ready ²  whether it is convenient or not, ³  reprove, rebuke, exhort ⁴  with complete patience and instruction. 4:3 For there will be a time when people ⁵  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁶  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ⁷  4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. ⁸  4:5 You, however, be self-controlled ⁹  in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

2 Timotius 2:2

2:2 And entrust what you heard me say ¹⁰  in the presence of many others as witnesses ¹¹  to faithful people ¹²  who will be competent ¹³  to teach others as well.

[4:2]  ¹ tn Or “the word.”

[4:2]  ² tn Or “be persistent.”

[4:2]  ³ tn Grk “in season, out of season.”

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Or “encourage.”

[4:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “in accord with.”

[4:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”

[4:4]  ⁸ sn These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.

[4:5]  ⁹ tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”

[2:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “what you heard from me” (cf. 1:13).

[2:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “through many witnesses.” The “through” is used here to show attendant circumstances: “accompanied by,” “in the presence of.”

[2:2]  ¹² tn Grk “faithful men”; but here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") is generic, referring to both men and women.

[2:2]  ¹³ tn Or “able” (see Paul’s use of this word in regard to ministry in 2 Cor 2:16; 3:5-6).