2 Timotius 2:25

2:25 correcting ¹  opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth ² 

2 Timotius 4:2-3

4:2 Preach the message, ³  be ready ⁴  whether it is convenient or not, ⁵  reprove, rebuke, exhort ⁶  with complete patience and instruction. 4:3 For there will be a time when people ⁷  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁸  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ⁹ 

2 Timotius 4:16

4:16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

[2:25]  ¹ sn Correcting is the word for “child-training” or “discipline.” It is often positive (training, educating) but here denotes the negative side (correcting, disciplining).

[2:25]  ² tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”

[4:2]  ³ tn Or “the word.”

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Or “be persistent.”

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “in season, out of season.”

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Or “encourage.”

[4:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “in accord with.”

[4:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”