2 Timothy 2:21

2:21 So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, ¹  he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

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 3:10

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however, ⁴  have followed my teaching, my ⁵  way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

[2:21]  ¹ tn Grk “from these,” alluding to the errors and deeds of the false teachers described in vv. 14-19.

[2:25]  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).

[2:25]  ³ tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”

[3:10]  ⁴ sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

[3:10]  ⁵ 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.