2 Timothy 4:4

4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. ¹ 

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 2:10

2:10 So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, ⁴  that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory. ⁵ 

2 Timothy 2:19

2:19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” ⁶  and “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord ⁷  must turn away from evil.”

2 Timothy 4:18

4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely ⁸  into his heavenly kingdom. To him ⁹  be glory for ever and ever! ¹⁰  Amen.

[4:4]  ¹ sn These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.

[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.”

[2:10]  ³ tn Grk “the elect.”

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Grk “with eternal glory.”

[2:19]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Num 16:5.

[2:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “names the name of the Lord.”

[4:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “save me.”

[4:18]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.