3:10 You, however, 5 have followed my teaching, my 6 way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, 3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings 7 that happened to me in Antioch, 8 in Iconium, and in Lystra. 9 I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. 3:12 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 3:13 But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, 10 deceiving others and being deceived themselves. 11
1 sn Jannes and Jambres were the traditional names of two of Pharaoh’s magicians who opposed Moses at the time of the Exodus.
2 tn Grk “disapproved concerning the faith.”
3 tn Grk “for they will not progress any more.”
4 tn Grk “as theirs came to be,” referring to the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres. The referent of “theirs” (Jannes and Jambres) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.
6 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.
7 tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.
8 map For location see JP1-E2; JP2-E2; JP3-E2; JP4-E2.
9 sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.
10 tn Grk “will advance to the worse.”
11 tn Grk “deceiving and being deceived.”