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 1:6

1:6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess ¹  through the laying on of my hands.

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. ² 

2 Timothy 2:25

2:25 correcting ³  opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth ⁴ 

2 Timothy 4:1

Charge to Timothy Repeated

4:1 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

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¹ tn Grk “that is in you.”

² 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.”

³ sn Correcting is the word for “child-training” or “discipline.” It is often positive (training, educating) but here denotes the negative side (correcting, disciplining).

⁴ tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”