2 Timothy 1:13

1:13 Hold to the standard ¹  of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ² 

2 Timothy 2:16

2:16 But avoid profane chatter, ³  because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness, ⁴ 

2 Timothy 2:18

2:18 They have strayed from the truth ⁵  by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

2 Timothy 3:3

3:3 unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

2 Timothy 3:5

3:5 They will maintain the outward appearance ⁶  of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these. ⁷ 

2 Timothy 3:10

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however, ⁸  have followed my teaching, my ⁹  way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

2 Timothy 3:17

3:17 that the person dedicated to God ¹⁰  may be capable ¹¹  and equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 4:22

4:22 The Lord ¹²  be with your spirit. Grace be with you. ¹³ 

¹ tn Or “pattern.”

² tn Grk “in faith and love in Christ Jesus.”

³ sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20).

⁴ tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

⁵ tn Grk “have deviated concerning the truth.”

⁷ tn Or “form.”

⁸ tn Grk “and avoid these,” with the word “people” implied.

⁹ sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ tn Grk “the man of God,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpos) is most likely used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

¹² tn This word is positioned for special emphasis; it carries the sense of “complete, competent, able to meet all demands.”

¹³ tc The reading ὁ κύριος (Jo kurio", “the Lord”) is well supported by א* F G 33 1739 1881 sa, but predictable expansions on the text have occurred at this point: A 104 614 pc read ὁ κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo kurio" Ihsou", “the Lord Jesus”), while א² C D Ψ Ï sy bo have ὁ κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστός (Jo kurio" Ihsou" Cristo", “the Lord Jesus Christ”). As B. M. Metzger notes, although in a late book such as 2 Timothy, one might expect the fuller title for the Lord, accidental omission of nomina sacra is rare (TCGNT 582). The shorter reading is thus preferred on both external and internal grounds.

¹⁴ tc Most witnesses (א² D Ψ Ï lat sy) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, there are several excellent witnesses of the Alexandrian and Western texts (א* A C F G 6 33 81 1739* 1881 sa) that lack the particle, rendering the omission the preferred reading.