2 Timothy 1:2

1:2 to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

2 Timothy 1:13

1:13 Hold to the standard¹ of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.²

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.³

2 Timothy 2:18

2:18 They have strayed from the truth⁴ by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

2 Timothy 2:21

2:21 So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior,⁵ he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:10

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however,⁶ have followed my teaching, my⁷ way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

2 Timothy 4:18

4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely⁸ into his heavenly kingdom. To him⁹ be glory for ever and ever!¹⁰ Amen.

¹tn Or “pattern.”

²tn Grk “in faith and love in Christ Jesus.”

sn With the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This describes the manner in which Timothy must hold to the standard (similar to Paul’s call for him to give attention to his life and his teaching in 1 Tim 4:11-16).

³tn Grk “my chain.”

⁴tn Grk “have deviated concerning the truth.”

⁵tn Grk “from these,” alluding to the errors and deeds of the false teachers described in vv. 14-19.

⁶sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

⁷tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.

⁸tn Grk “save me.”

⁹tn Grk “to whom.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.