Text -- 2 Timothy 2:1-4 (NET)

Serving Faithfully Despite Hardship

2:1 So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2:2 And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well. 2:3 Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 2:4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Ti 2:2

¹ tn Grk “what you heard from me” (cf. 1:13).

² tn Grk “through many witnesses.” The “through” is used here to show attendant circumstances: “accompanied by,” “in the presence of.”

³ tn Grk “faithful men”; but here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") is generic, referring to both men and women.

⁴ tn Or “able” (see Paul’s use of this word in regard to ministry in 2 Cor 2:16; 3:5-6).

NET Notes: 2Ti 2:3

¹ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me and others in suffering” (cf. 1:8).

NET Notes: 2Ti 2:4

¹ tn Grk “that he may please.”