2 Timotius 4:14

4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. ¹  The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. ² 

2 Timotius 2:2

2:2 And entrust what you heard me say ³  in the presence of many others as witnesses ⁴  to faithful people ⁵  who will be competent ⁶  to teach others as well.

2 Timotius 4:3

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 3:11

3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ¹⁰  that happened to me in Antioch, ¹¹  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ¹²  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timotius 1:17

1:17 But when he arrived in Rome, ¹³  he eagerly searched for me and found me.

2 Timotius 3:1

Ministry in the Last Days

3:1 But understand this, that in the last days difficult ¹⁴  times will come.

2 Timotius 1:18

1:18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! ¹⁵  And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. ¹⁶ 

2 Timotius 2:6

2:6 The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

2 Timotius 4:15

4:15 You be on guard against him ¹⁷  too, because he vehemently opposed our words.

2 Timotius 3:13

3:13 But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, ¹⁸  deceiving others and being deceived themselves. ¹⁹ 

2 Timotius 1:16

1:16 May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. ²⁰ 

2 Timotius 3:6

3:6 For some of these insinuate themselves ²¹  into households and captivate weak women ²²  who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

[4:14]  ¹ tn Grk “showed me much evil.”

[4:14]  ² sn An allusion to Ps 28:4.

[2:2]  ³ tn Grk “what you heard from me” (cf. 1:13).

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “through many witnesses.” The “through” is used here to show attendant circumstances: “accompanied by,” “in the presence of.”

[2:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “faithful men”; but here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") is generic, referring to both men and women.

[2:2]  ⁶ tn Or “able” (see Paul’s use of this word in regard to ministry in 2 Cor 2:16; 3:5-6).

[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.”

[3:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

[3:11]  ¹¹ map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2; JP4 E2.

[3:11]  ¹² sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

[3:11]  map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2

[1:17]  ¹³ map For location see JP4 A1.

[3:1]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps, “dangerous,” “fierce.”

[1:18]  ¹⁵ sn That day is a reference to the day when Onesiphorus (v. 16) stands before Christ to give account for his service (cf. v. 12; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

[1:18]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “all the ways he served in Ephesus.”

[1:18]  map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[4:15]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “against whom,” as a continuation of the previous clause. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:13]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “will advance to the worse.”

[3:13]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “deceiving and being deceived.”

[1:16]  ²⁰ tn Grk “my chain.”

[3:6]  ²¹ tn Grk “For from these are those who sneak.”

[3:6]  ²² tn Or “silly women.”