2 Timothy 1:9

1:9 He is the one who saved us ¹  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ²  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ³ 

2 Timothy 4:3

4:3 For there will be a time when people ⁴  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁵  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ⁶ 

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¹ 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.

² tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

³ tn Grk “before eternal times.”

⁴ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “in accord with.”

⁶ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”