2 Timothy 2:8

2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David; ¹  such is my gospel, ² 

2 Timothy 2:16

2:16 But avoid profane chatter, ³  because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness, ⁴ 

2 Timothy 3:3

3:3 unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

2 Timothy 3:5

3:5 They will maintain the outward appearance ⁵  of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these. ⁶ 

2 Timothy 3:17

3:17 that the person dedicated to God ⁷  may be capable ⁸  and equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 4:7

4:7 I have competed well; ⁹  I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

2 Timothy 4:22

4:22 The Lord ¹⁰  be with your spirit. Grace be with you. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Grk “of David’s seed” (an idiom for physical descent).

² tn Grk “according to my gospel.”

³ sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20).

⁴ tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

⁵ tn Or “form.”

sn Outward appearance. Paul’s contrast with power in 3:5b shows that he regards this “form” to be outward, one of appearance rather than reality (cf. 1 Cor 4:19-20; 1 Thess 1:5).

⁶ tn Grk “and avoid these,” with the word “people” implied.

⁷ tn Grk “the man of God,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpos) is most likely used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

⁸ tn This word is positioned for special emphasis; it carries the sense of “complete, competent, able to meet all demands.”

⁹ 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.”

¹⁰ tc The reading ὁ κύριος (Jo kurio", “the Lord”) is well supported by א* F G 33 1739 1881 sa, but predictable expansions on the text have occurred at this point: A 104 614 pc read ὁ κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo kurio" Ihsou", “the Lord Jesus”), while א² C D Ψ Ï sy bo have ὁ κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστός (Jo kurio" Ihsou" Cristo", “the Lord Jesus Christ”). As B. M. Metzger notes, although in a late book such as 2 Timothy, one might expect the fuller title for the Lord, accidental omission of nomina sacra is rare (TCGNT 582). The shorter reading is thus preferred on both external and internal grounds.

¹¹ tc Most witnesses (א² D Ψ Ï lat sy) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, there are several excellent witnesses of the Alexandrian and Western texts (א* A C F G 6 33 81 1739* 1881 sa) that lack the particle, rendering the omission the preferred reading.