2 Timothy 1:9

1:9 He is the one who saved us ¹  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ²  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ³ 

[1:9]  ¹ 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.

[1:9]  ² tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Grk “before eternal times.”