2 Timotius 1:8-9

1:8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord ¹  or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by ²  God’s power accept your share of suffering ³  for the gospel. 1:9 He is the one who saved us ⁴  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ⁵  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ⁶ 

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

[1:8]  ² tn Or “according to.”

[1:8]  ³ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn More literally, “who saved us,” as a description of God in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:9]  ⁵ tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “before eternal times.”