| Holman Christian Standard (CSB) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 18 Timothy, my child, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by them you may strongly engage in battle, | 18 Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, |
| 19 having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith. | 19 holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith. |
| 20 Hymenaeus and Alexander are among them, and I have delivered them to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme. | 20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme. |
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