2 Timotius 3:1

Ministry in the Last Days

3:1 But understand this, that in the last days difficult ¹  times will come.

2 Timotius 1:9

1:9 He is the one who saved us ²  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ³  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ⁴ 

2 Timotius 4:18

4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely ⁵  into his heavenly kingdom. To him ⁶  be glory for ever and ever! ⁷  Amen.

2 Timotius 4:3

4:3 For there will be a time when people ⁸  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁹  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ¹⁰ 

2 Timotius 4:10

4:10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved ¹¹  the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. ¹²  Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

[3:1]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “dangerous,” “fierce.”

[1:9]  ² 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]  ³ tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “before eternal times.”

[4:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “save me.”

[4:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “to whom.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.

[4:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “in accord with.”

[4:3]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”

[4:10]  ¹¹ tn Grk “having loved.”

[4:10]  ¹² map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.