## translationWords

* [[en:tw:believe]]
* [[en:tw:faith]]
* [[en:tw:holyspirit]]
* [[en:tw:jesus]]
* [[en:tw:life]]
* [[en:tw:love]]
* [[en:tw:suffer]]
* [[en:tw:trust]]

## translationNotes

* **For this cause** - "Because I am an apostle"
* **I suffer ... these things** - "I am a prisoner"
* **I am persuaded** - "I am convinced"
* **that day** - Possible meanings are 1) the day when the Lord comes again or 2) the day when God judges people.
* **Keep to the pattern of healthy words which you heard from me** - "Keep teaching the correct ideas I have taught you" or "Use my words and my teaching methods as a pattern for what and how you should teach"
* **healthy words** - "correct ideas" or "true words"
* **That good thing** - This refers to the work of proclaiming the gospel correctly.
* **guard it** - Timothy needs to be alert because people will oppose his work, try to make him stop, and distort what he says.
* **through the Holy Spirit** - "do all and only what the Holy Spirit tells you to do"