[2:8] 1 tn Grk “of David’s seed” (an idiom for physical descent).
[2:8] 2 tn Grk “according to my gospel.”
[2:15] 3 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.”