2 Timothy 1:10-14

1:10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He ¹  has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! 1:11 For this gospel ²  I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. ³  1:12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. ⁴  But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set ⁵  and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me ⁶  until that day. ⁷  1:13 Hold to the standard ⁸  of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ⁹  1:14 Protect that good thing ¹⁰  entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

[1:10]  ¹ tn Grk “having broken…and having brought…” (describing Christ). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here (and at the beginning of v. 11) in the translation.

[1:11]  ² tn Grk “for which.”

[1:11]  ³ 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.

[1:12]  ³ tn Grk “suffer these things.”

[1:12]  ⁴ tn Or “in whom I have believed.”

[1:12]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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).

[1:13]  ⁴ tn Or “pattern.”

[1:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “in faith and love in Christ Jesus.”

[1:14]  ⁵ sn That good thing (Grk “the good deposit”) refers to the truth of the gospel committed to Timothy (cf. 1 Tim 6:20).