2 Timothy 2:7

2:7 Think about what I am saying and ¹  the Lord will give you understanding of all this. ² 

2 Timothy 2:11

2:11 This saying ³  is trustworthy: ⁴ 

If we died with him, we will also live with him.

2 Timothy 4:14

4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. ⁵  The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. ⁶ 

2 Timothy 4:8

4:8 Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day – and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on ⁷  his appearing.

2 Timothy 1:11

1:11 For this gospel ⁸  I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. ⁹ 

2 Timothy 3:17

3:17 that the person dedicated to God ¹⁰  may be capable ¹¹  and equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 4:6

4:6 For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart ¹²  is at hand.

2 Timothy 4:22

4:22 The Lord ¹³  be with your spirit. Grace be with you. ¹⁴ 

2 Timothy 2:19

2:19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” ¹⁵  and “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord ¹⁶  must turn away from evil.”

2 Timothy 1:7

1:7 For God did not give us a Spirit ¹⁷  of fear but of power and love and self-control.

2 Timothy 2:9

2:9 for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment ¹⁸  as a criminal, but God’s message ¹⁹  is not imprisoned! ²⁰ 

2 Timothy 2:17

2:17 and their message will spread its infection ²¹  like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. ²² 

2 Timothy 2:25

2:25 correcting ²³  opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth ²⁴ 

2 Timothy 1:6

1:6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess ²⁵  through the laying on of my hands.

2 Timothy 1:16

1:16 May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. ²⁶ 

2 Timothy 1:18

1:18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! ²⁷  And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. ²⁸ 

2 Timothy 3:11

3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ²⁹  that happened to me in Antioch, ³⁰  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ³¹  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timothy 4:17-18

4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message ³²  would be fully proclaimed ³³  for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth! 4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely ³⁴  into his heavenly kingdom. To him ³⁵  be glory for ever and ever! ³⁶  Amen.

[2:7]  ¹ tn The Greek word here usually means “for,” but is used in this verse for a milder continuation of thought.

[2:7]  ² tn Grk “in all things.”

[2:11]  ³ sn This saying (Grk “the saying”) refers to the following citation. See 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase.

[2:11]  ⁴ sn The following passage has been typeset as poetry because many scholars regard this passage as poetic or hymnic. These terms are used broadly to refer to the genre of writing, not to the content. There are two broad criteria for determining if a passage is poetic or hymnic: “(a) stylistic: a certain rhythmical lilt when the passages are read aloud, the presence of parallelismus membrorum (i.e., an arrangement into couplets), the semblance of some metre, and the presence of rhetorical devices such as alliteration, chiasmus, and antithesis; and (b) linguistic: an unusual vocabulary, particularly the presence of theological terms, which is different from the surrounding context” (P. T. O’Brien, Philippians [NIGTC], 188-89). Classifying a passage as hymnic or poetic is important because understanding this genre can provide keys to interpretation. However, not all scholars agree that the above criteria are present in this passage, so the decision to typeset it as poetry should be viewed as a tentative decision about its genre.

[4:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “showed me much evil.”

[4:14]  ⁶ sn An allusion to Ps 28:4.

[4:8]  ⁷ tn Grk “all who have loved.”

[1:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “for which.”

[1:11]  ¹⁰ tc Most mss (א² C D F G Ψ 1739 1881 Ï latt sy co) have ἐθνῶν (eqnwn, “of the Gentiles”) after “teacher.” The shorter reading has poorer external credentials (א* A I 1175 pc), but is preferred because ἐθνῶν probably represents a gloss added by copyists familiar with 1 Tim 2:7. There is no easy explanation for the omission of the word if it were original here.

[3:17]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the man of God,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpos) is most likely used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

[3:17]  ¹² tn This word is positioned for special emphasis; it carries the sense of “complete, competent, able to meet all demands.”

[4:6]  ¹³ tn Grk “of my departure.”

[4:22]  ¹⁵ tc The reading ὁ κύριος (Jo kurio", “the Lord”) is well supported by א* F G 33 1739 1881 sa, but predictable expansions on the text have occurred at this point: A 104 614 pc read ὁ κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo kurio" Ihsou", “the Lord Jesus”), while א² C D Ψ Ï sy bo have ὁ κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστός (Jo kurio" Ihsou" Cristo", “the Lord Jesus Christ”). As B. M. Metzger notes, although in a late book such as 2 Timothy, one might expect the fuller title for the Lord, accidental omission of nomina sacra is rare (TCGNT 582). The shorter reading is thus preferred on both external and internal grounds.

[4:22]  ¹⁶ tc Most witnesses (א² D Ψ Ï lat sy) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, there are several excellent witnesses of the Alexandrian and Western texts (א* A C F G 6 33 81 1739* 1881 sa) that lack the particle, rendering the omission the preferred reading.

[2:19]  ¹⁷ sn A quotation from Num 16:5.

[2:19]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “names the name of the Lord.”

[1:7]  ¹⁹ tn Or “a spirit,” denoting the human personality under the Spirit’s influence as in 1 Cor 4:21; Gal 6:1; 1 Pet 3:4. But the reference to the Holy Spirit at the end of this section (1:14) makes it likely that it begins this way also, so that the Holy Spirit is the referent.

[2:9]  ²¹ tn Or “chains,” “bonds.”

[2:9]  ²² tn Or “word.”

[2:9]  ²³ tn Or “chained,” “bound.”

[2:17]  ²³ tn Or “eat away.”

[2:17]  ²⁴ 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.

[2:25]  ²⁵ 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]  ²⁶ tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”

[1:6]  ²⁷ tn Grk “that is in you.”

[1:16]  ²⁹ tn Grk “my chain.”

[1:18]  ³¹ sn That day is a reference to the day when Onesiphorus (v. 16) stands before Christ to give account for his service (cf. v. 12; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

[1:18]  ³² tn Grk “all the ways he served in Ephesus.”

[3:11]  ³³ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

[3:11]  ³⁴ map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2; JP4 E2.

[3:11]  ³⁵ sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

[4:17]  ³⁵ tn Or “the preaching.”

[4:17]  ³⁶ tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”

[4:18]  ³⁷ tn Grk “save me.”

[4:18]  ³⁸ tn Grk “to whom.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:18]  ³⁹ tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.