2 Timotius 2:4

2:4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please ¹  the one who recruited him.

2 Timotius 4:17

4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message ²  would be fully proclaimed ³  for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

[2:4]  ¹ tn Grk “that he may please.”

[4:17]  ² tn Or “the preaching.”

[4:17]  ³ tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”