2 Timotius 2:15

2:15 Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. ¹ 

2 Timotius 2:17

2:17 and their message will spread its infection ²  like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. ³ 

2 Timotius 3:10

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however, ⁴  have followed my teaching, my ⁵  way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

2 Timotius 3:14

3:14 You, however, must continue ⁶  in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know ⁷  who taught you ⁸ 

[2:15]  ¹ sn Accurately is a figure of speech that literally means something like “cutting a straight road.” In regard to the message of truth, it means “correctly handling” or “imparting it without deviation.”

[2:17]  ² tn Or “eat away.”

[2:17]  ³ tn Grk “of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, this last clause has been made a new sentence in the translation.

[3:10]  ⁴ sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

[3:10]  ⁵ tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.

[3:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “but you, continue,” a command.

[3:14]  ⁷ tn Grk “knowing,” giving the reasons for continuing as v. 14 calls for.

[3:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “those from whom you learned.”