2 Timothy 3:5

3:5 They will maintain the outward appearance ¹  of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these. ² 

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, ³  when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. ⁴ 

2 Timothy 1:13

1:13 Hold to the standard ⁵  of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ⁶ 

2 Timothy 2:17

2:17 and their message will spread its infection ⁷  like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. ⁸ 

2 Timothy 2:19

2:19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” ⁹  and “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord ¹⁰  must turn away from evil.”

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “form.”

[3:5]  ² tn Grk “and avoid these,” with the word “people” implied.

[1:3]  ³ tn Grk “from my ancestors.”

[1:3]  ⁴ tn Or “as I do constantly. By night and day I long to see you…”

[1:13]  ⁵ tn Or “pattern.”

[1:13]  ⁶ tn Grk “in faith and love in Christ Jesus.”

[2:17]  ⁷ tn Or “eat away.”

[2:17]  ⁸ 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.

[2:19]  ⁹ sn A quotation from Num 16:5.

[2:19]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “names the name of the Lord.”