Discovery Box2 Timothy 1:3 
ContextThanksgiving and Charge to Timothy
1:3 I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, 1 when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. 2
2 Timothy 1:6
Context1:6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess 3 through the laying on of my hands.
2 Timothy 2:21
Context2:21 So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, 4 he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
2 Timothy 4:3
Context4:3 For there will be a time when people 5 will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, 6 they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. 7
1 tn Grk “from my ancestors.”
2 tn Or “as I do constantly. By night and day I long to see you…”
3 tn Grk “that is in you.”
4 tn Grk “from these,” alluding to the errors and deeds of the false teachers described in vv. 14-19.
5 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Grk “in accord with.”
7 tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”
