2 Timothy 4:6

4:6 For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart ¹  is at hand.

2 Timothy 4:2

4:2 Preach the message, ²  be ready ³  whether it is convenient or not, ⁴  reprove, rebuke, exhort ⁵  with complete patience and instruction.

2 Timothy 4:17

4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message ⁶  would be fully proclaimed ⁷  for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

2 Timothy 2:22

2:22 But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others ⁸  who call on the Lord from a pure heart. ⁹ 

2 Timothy 3:11

3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ¹⁰  that happened to me in Antioch, ¹¹  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ¹²  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timothy 1:17

1:17 But when he arrived in Rome, ¹³  he eagerly searched for me and found me.

2 Timothy 2:26

2:26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive ¹⁴  to do his will. ¹⁵ 

2 Timothy 3:16

3:16 Every scripture ¹⁶  is inspired by God ¹⁷  and useful for teaching, for reproof, ¹⁸  for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹⁹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise ²⁰  of life in Christ Jesus,

2 Timothy 4:5

4:5 You, however, be self-controlled ²¹  in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

2 Timothy 1:9

1:9 He is the one who saved us ²²  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ²³  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ²⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “of my departure.”

² tn Or “the word.”

³ tn Or “be persistent.”

⁴ tn Grk “in season, out of season.”

⁵ tn Or “encourage.”

³ tn Or “the preaching.”

⁴ tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”

⁴ tn Grk “and peace, with those.”

⁵ sn In company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart alludes to the value of the community of believers for the development of Christian virtues.

⁵ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

⁶ map For location see JP1-E2; JP2-E2; JP3-E2; JP4-E2.

⁷ sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

⁶ map For location see JP4-A1.

⁷ tn Grk “having been captured by him.”

⁸ tn Grk “for that one’s will,” referring to the devil, but with a different pronoun than in the previous phrase “by him.” Some have construed “for his will” with the earlier verb and referred the pronoun to God: “come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap (though they have been captured by him) in order to do His will.” In Classical Greek the shift in pronouns would suggest this, but in Koine Greek this change is not significant. The more natural sense is a reference to the devil’s will.

⁸ tn Or “All scripture.”

⁹ sn Inspired by God. Some have connected this adjective in a different way and translated it as “every inspired scripture is also useful.” But this violates the parallelism of the two adjectives in the sentence, and the arrangement of words makes clear that both should be taken as predicate adjectives: “every scripture is inspired…and useful.”

¹⁰ tn Or “rebuke,” “censure.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

⁹ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

¹⁰ tn Grk “for the promise…” or possibly “in accordance with the promise…”

¹⁰ tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”

¹¹ 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.

¹² tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

¹³ tn Grk “before eternal times.”