2 Timotius 1:14

1:14 Protect that good thing ¹  entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

2 Timotius 2:16

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

2 Timotius 2:26

2:26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive ⁴  to do his will. ⁵ 

[1:14]  ¹ sn That good thing (Grk “the good deposit”) refers to the truth of the gospel committed to Timothy (cf. 1 Tim 6:20).

[2:16]  ² sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20).

[2:16]  ³ tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

[2:26]  ⁴ tn Grk “having been captured by him.”

[2:26]  ⁵ tn Grk “for that one’s will,” referring to the devil, but with a different pronoun than in the previous phrase “by him.” Some have construed “for his will” with the earlier verb and referred the pronoun to God: “come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap (though they have been captured by him) in order to do His will.” In Classical Greek the shift in pronouns would suggest this, but in Koine Greek this change is not significant. The more natural sense is a reference to the devil’s will.