2 Timothy 4:17-19

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¹⁷But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message^[a] would be fully proclaimed^[b] for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth! ¹⁸The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely^[c] into his heavenly kingdom. To him^[d] be glory for ever and ever!^[e] Amen.

¹⁹Greetings to^[f] Prisca and Aquila^[g] and the family of Onesiphorus.

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2 Timothy 4:17 tn Or “the preaching.”
2 Timothy 4:17 tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”
2 Timothy 4:18 tn Grk “save me.”
2 Timothy 4:18 tn Grk “to whom.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
2 Timothy 4:18 tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.
2 Timothy 4:19 tn Grk “greet.”
2 Timothy 4:19 sn On Prisca and Aquila see also Acts 18:2, 18, 26; Rom 16:3-4; 1 Cor 16:19. In the NT “Priscilla” and “Prisca” are the same person. Paul uses the name Prisca, while the author of Acts uses the diminutive form of the name Priscilla.

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2 Timothy 4:17-19

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