2 Timothy 3:10

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however, ¹  have followed my teaching, my ²  way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

2 Timothy 4:3

4:3 For there will be a time when people ³  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁴  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ⁵ 

¹ sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

² 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.

³ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “in accord with.”

⁵ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”