2 Timothy 1:9

1:9 He is the one who saved us ¹  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ²  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ³ 

2 Timothy 4:17

4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message ⁴  would be fully proclaimed ⁵  for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

¹ tn More literally, “who saved us,” as a description of God in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

³ tn Grk “before eternal times.”

⁴ tn Or “the preaching.”

⁵ tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”