2 Timothy 2:3

2:3 Take your share of suffering ¹  as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:9

2:9 for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment ²  as a criminal, but God’s message ³  is not imprisoned! ⁴ 

2 Timothy 2:17

2:17 and their message will spread its infection ⁵  like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. ⁶ 

2 Timothy 3:9

3:9 But they will not go much further, ⁷  for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres. ⁸ 

2 Timothy 1:3

Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy

1:3 I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, ⁹  when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. ¹⁰ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me and others in suffering” (cf. 1:8).

[2:9]  ² tn Or “chains,” “bonds.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Or “word.”

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Or “chained,” “bound.”

[2:17]  ³ tn Or “eat away.”

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, this last clause has been made a new sentence in the translation.

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “for they will not progress any more.”

[3:9]  ⁵ 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.

[1:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “from my ancestors.”

[1:3]  ⁶ tn Or “as I do constantly. By night and day I long to see you…”