2 Timotius 2:25

2:25 correcting ¹  opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth ² 

2 Timotius 4:18

4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely ³  into his heavenly kingdom. To him ⁴  be glory for ever and ever! ⁵  Amen.

[2:25]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”

[4:18]  ³ tn Grk “save me.”

[4:18]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.