2 Timothy 3:7

3:7 Such women are always seeking instruction, ¹  yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

2 Timothy 2:25

2:25 correcting ²  opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth ³ 

2 Timothy 2:12

2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. ⁴ 

If we deny ⁵  him, ⁶  he will also deny us.

2 Timothy 3:15

3:15 and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:12

3:12 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

2 Timothy 1:12

1:12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. ⁷  But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set ⁸  and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me ⁹  until that day. ¹⁰ 

2 Timothy 1:18

1:18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! ¹¹  And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. ¹² 

2 Timothy 2:19

2:19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” ¹³  and “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord ¹⁴  must turn away from evil.”

¹ tn Grk “always learning,” continuing the description of the women from v. 6. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² sn Correcting is the word for “child-training” or “discipline.” It is often positive (training, educating) but here denotes the negative side (correcting, disciplining).

³ tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”

³ tn Grk “died together…will live together…will reign together,” without “him” stated explicitly. But “him” is implied by the parallel ideas in Rom 6:8; 8:17 and by the reference to Christ in vv. 12b-13.

⁴ tn Or “renounce,” “disown,” “repudiate.” It is important to note that the object of Christ’s denial is “us.” The text does not contain an implied object complement (“he will deny us [x]”), which would mean that Christ was withholding something from us (for example, “The owner denied his pets water”), since the verb ἀρνέομαι (arneomai) is not one of the category of verbs that normally occurs in these constructions (see ExSyn 182-89).

⁵ tn Grk “if we renounce,” but the “him” is implied by the parallel clauses.

⁴ tn Grk “suffer these things.”

⁵ tn Or “in whom I have believed.”

⁶ sn What has been entrusted to me (Grk “my entrustment,” meaning either (1) “what I have entrusted to him” [his life, destiny, etc.] or (2) “what he has entrusted to me” [the truth of the gospel]). The parallel with v. 14 and use of similar words in the pastorals (1 Tim 6:20; 2 Tim 2:2) argue for the latter sense.

⁷ sn That day is a reference to the day when Paul would stand before Christ to give account for his service (cf. 2 Tim 1:18; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

⁵ sn That day is a reference to the day when Onesiphorus (v. 16) stands before Christ to give account for his service (cf. v. 12; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

⁶ tn Grk “all the ways he served in Ephesus.”

⁶ sn A quotation from Num 16:5.

⁷ tn Grk “names the name of the Lord.”