2 Timothy 2:15

2:15 Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. ¹ 

2 Timothy 4:11

4:11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help ²  to me in ministry. ³ 

¹ 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.”

² tn Grk “useful.”

³ tn Or “in serving me.”