1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 tn Grk “I charge.” 20 sn Jesus’ good confession was his affirmative answer to Pilate’s question “Are you the king of the Jews?” (see Matt 27:11, Mark 15:2, Luke 23:3, John 18:33-37). 21 22 sn The command refers to the duties laid upon Timothy for his ministry in Ephesus (1 Tim 1:3-20; 6:2c-5). 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 tn Grk “with you” (but the Greek pronoun indicates the meaning is plural here).