2 Timotius 1:8-11

1:8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord ¹  or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by ²  God’s power accept your share of suffering ³  for the gospel. 1:9 He is the one who saved us ⁴  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ⁵  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ⁶  1:10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He ⁷  has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! 1:11 For this gospel ⁸  I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. ⁹ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Grk “the testimony of our Lord.”

[1:8]  ² tn Or “according to.”

[1:8]  ³ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”

[1:9]  ⁴ 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.

[1:9]  ⁵ tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “before eternal times.”

[1:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “having broken…and having brought…” (describing Christ). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here (and at the beginning of v. 11) in the translation.

[1:11]  ⁸ tn Grk “for which.”

[1:11]  ⁹ tc Most mss (א² C D F G Ψ 1739 1881 Ï latt sy co) have ἐθνῶν (eqnwn, “of the Gentiles”) after “teacher.” The shorter reading has poorer external credentials (א* A I 1175 pc), but is preferred because ἐθνῶν probably represents a gloss added by copyists familiar with 1 Tim 2:7. There is no easy explanation for the omission of the word if it were original here.