Discovery Box2 Timothy 1:9 
Context1:9 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
Context4:3 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
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.”
