2 Timothy 4:17

4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message ¹  would be fully proclaimed ²  for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

2 Timothy 1:9

1:9 He is the one who saved us ³  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ⁴  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ⁵ 

2 Timothy 1:7

1:7 For God did not give us a Spirit ⁶  of fear but of power and love and self-control.

2 Timothy 1:6

1:6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess ⁷  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. ⁸ 

[4:17]  ¹ tn Or “the preaching.”

[4:17]  ² tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”

[1:9]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

[1:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “before eternal times.”

[1:7]  ⁵ 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.

[1:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “that is in you.”

[1:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “my chain.”