2 Timothy 4:7

4:7 I have competed well; ¹  I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

2 Timothy 4:19

4:19 Greetings to ²  Prisca and Aquila ³  and the family of Onesiphorus.

2 Timothy 2:6

2:6 The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

2 Timothy 2:15

2:15 Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. ⁴ 

2 Timothy 4:2

4:2 Preach the message, ⁵  be ready ⁶  whether it is convenient or not, ⁷  reprove, rebuke, exhort ⁸  with complete patience and instruction.

2 Timothy 4:13

4:13 When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments.

2 Timothy 1:8

1:8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord ⁹  or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by ¹⁰  God’s power accept your share of suffering ¹¹  for the gospel.

2 Timothy 1:10

1:10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He ¹²  has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!

2 Timothy 2:22

2:22 But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others ¹³  who call on the Lord from a pure heart. ¹⁴ 

2 Timothy 3:8

3:8 And just as Jannes and Jambres ¹⁵  opposed Moses, so these people – who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith ¹⁶  – also oppose the truth.

2 Timothy 4:10

4:10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved ¹⁷  the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. ¹⁸  Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

[4:7]  ¹ sn The expression I have competed well (Grk “I have competed the good competition”) uses words that may refer to a race or to a boxing or wrestling match: “run the good race” or “fight the good fight.” The similar phrase in 1 Tim 1:18 uses a military picture and is more literally “war the good warfare.”

[4:19]  ² tn Grk “greet.”

[4:19]  ³ sn On Prisca and Aquila see also Acts 18:2, 18, 26; Rom 16:3-4; 1 Cor 16:19. In the NT “Priscilla” and “Prisca” are the same person. The author of Acts uses the full name Priscilla, while Paul uses the diminutive form Prisca.

[2:15]  ³ sn Accurately is a figure of speech that literally means something like “cutting a straight road.” In regard to the message of truth, it means “correctly handling” or “imparting it without deviation.”

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Or “the word.”

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Or “be persistent.”

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “in season, out of season.”

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Or “encourage.”

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “the testimony of our Lord.”

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Or “according to.”

[1:8]  ⁷ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”

[1:10]  ⁶ tn Grk “having broken…and having brought…” (describing Christ). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here (and at the beginning of v. 11) in the translation.

[2:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “and peace, with those.”

[2:22]  ⁸ sn In company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart alludes to the value of the community of believers for the development of Christian virtues.

[3:8]  ⁸ sn Jannes and Jambres were the traditional names of two of Pharaoh’s magicians who opposed Moses at the time of the Exodus.

[3:8]  ⁹ tn Grk “disapproved concerning the faith.”

[4:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “having loved.”

[4:10]  ¹⁰ map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.