2 Timotius 2:16

2:16 But avoid profane chatter, ¹  because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness, ² 

2 Timotius 4:5

4:5 You, however, be self-controlled ³  in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

2 Timotius 4:14

4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. ⁴  The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. ⁵ 

[2:16]  ¹ sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20).

[2:16]  ² tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

[4:5]  ³ tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”

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

[4:14]  ⁵ sn An allusion to Ps 28:4.