18THE GRACE OF THE LORD OF US JESUS CHRIST [BE] WITH ALL OF YOU AMEN. TO THESSALONICA SECOND IT WAS WRITTEN FROM ATHENS 18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.*NoteCloseBYZ and TR include Amen.
1PAUL AN APOSTLE OF [THE] LORD CHRIST JESUS ACCORDING TO [THE] COMMAND OF GOD [THE] SAVIOR OF US AND LORD CHRIST JESUS THE HOPE OF US Paul’s Greeting to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:1–2) 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
2TO TIMOTHY [MY] TRUE CHILD IN [THE] FAITH: GRACE, MERCY, [AND] PEACE FROM GOD [THE] FATHER OF US AND CHRIST JESUS THE LORD OF US. 2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3EVEN AS I URGED YOU TO REMAIN IN EPHESUS [WHEN] I WAS GOING TO MACEDONIA SO THAT YOU MAY WARN CERTAIN MEN NOT TO TEACH OTHER DOCTRINES Correcting False Teachers (Titus 1:10–16) 3As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
4NOR TO GIVE HEED TO MYTHS AND TO GENEALOGIES ENDLESS, WHICH SPECULATIONS BRING RATHER THAN STEWARDSHIP OF GOD WHICH [IS] IN FAITH. 4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.*NoteCloseLiterally rather than the stewardship of God in faith
5<THE> AND THE GOAL <THE> OF [OUR] INSTRUCTION IS LOVE OUT OF A PURE HEART AND A CONSCIENCE GOOD AND A FAITH SINCERE, 5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
6FROM WHICH SOME HAVING MISSED THE MARK THEY HAVE TURNED ASIDE TO MEANINGLESS DISCOURSE 6Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.
7DESIRING TO BE TEACHERS OF THE LAW, NOT UNDERSTANDING NEITHER WHAT THEY ARE SAYING NOR [THAT] ABOUT WHICH THEY CONFIDENTLY ASSERT. 7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
8WE KNOW NOW THAT GOOD [IS] THE LAW IF ONE IT LAWFULLY SHALL USE, 8Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.
9KNOWING THIS, THAT FOR A RIGHTEOUS [ONE] LAW NOT IS ENACTED, FOR [THE] LAWLESS HOWEVER AND INSUBORDINATE, FOR [THE] UNGODLY AND SINFUL, FOR [THE] UNHOLY AND PROFANE, FOR MURDERERS OF FATHERS AND MURDERERS OF MOTHERS, FOR SLAYERS OF MAN, 9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
10FOR THE SEXUALLY IMMORAL, FOR HOMOSEXUALS, FOR ENSLAVERS, FOR LIARS, FOR PERJURERS, AND IF ANYTHING OTHER WHICH TO SOUND TEACHING IS OPPOSED 10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders*NoteCloseOr for kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
11ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF THE BLESSED GOD, WITH WHICH WAS ENTRUSTED I MYSELF. 11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
12AND THANKFULNESS I HAVE FOR THE [ONE] HAVING STRENGTHENED ME FOR CHRIST JESUS THE LORD OF US THAT FAITHFUL ME HE ESTEEMED HAVING APPOINTED [ME] TO SERVICE, God’s Grace to Paul 12I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
13<THE> FORMERLY BEING A BLASPHEMER AND A PERSECUTOR AND INSOLENT; BUT I WAS SHOWN MERCY, BECAUSE BEING IGNORANT I DID [IT] IN UNBELIEF; 13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
14SURPASSINGLY INCREASED THEN THE GRACE OF THE LORD OF US WITH [THE] FAITH AND LOVE THAT [ARE] IN CHRIST JESUS. 14And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15TRUSTWORTHY [IS] THE SAYING AND OF FULL ACCEPTANCE WORTHY THAT CHRIST JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD SINNERS TO SAVE, OF WHOM [THE] FOREMOST AM I MYSELF; 15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
16BUT BECAUSE OF THIS I WAS SHOWN MERCY, THAT IN ME MYSELF [THE] FOREMOST MAY DISPLAY CHRIST JESUS <THE> [HIS] PERFECT PATIENCE AS A PATTERN FOR THOSE BEING ABOUT TO BELIEVE ON HIM TO LIFE ETERNAL. 16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
17<THE> NOW TO THE KING OF THE AGES, [THE] IMMORTAL INVISIBLE ONLY WISE GOD, [BE] HONOR AND GLORY TO THE AGES OF THE AGES, AMEN. 17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
18THIS <THE> CHARGE I COMMIT TO YOU, [MY] CHILD TIMOTHY, ACCORDING TO THE GOING BEFORE AS TO YOU PROPHECIES, THAT YOU MAY WAR BY THEM THE GOOD WARFARE 18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
19HOLDING FAITH AND A GOOD CONSCIENCE, WHICH SOME HAVING CAST AWAY CONCERNING THE FAITH CAUSED A SHIPWRECK, 19holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
20AMONG WHOM ARE HYMENAEUS AND ALEXANDER WHOM I HAVE HANDED OVER <THE> TO SATAN THAT THEY MAY BE DISCIPLINED NOT TO BLASPHEME. 20Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.