Verš 1
"I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; "
Rim 1:9 - "For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit (o. pneuma) in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; "
Rim 9:1 - I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, (o. pneuma)
2Kor 1:23 - Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
2Kor 11:31 - The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knows that I lie not.
Gal 1:20 - Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Flp 1:8 - For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
1Sol 2:5 - "For neither at any time used we flattering words, (o. logos) as all of you know, nor a coat of covetousness; God is witness: "
1Tim 5:21 - I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
1Tim 6:13 - "I give you charge in the sight of God, who replenishes life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; "
Verš 6
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2Pt 1:14 - Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has showed me.
Verš 8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
1Kor 9:25 - "And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. "
1Pt 5:4 - And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, all of you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
Verš 10
"For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. "
Kol 4:14 - Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Flm 1:24 - Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow labourers.
Verš 11
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
Kol 4:14 - Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Sk 15:37 - And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Kol 4:10 - " Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Marcus, sister's (concerning whom all of you received commandments: if he comes unto you, receive him;) "
Flm 1:24 - Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow labourers.
Verš 12
And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
Sk 20:4 - "And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. "
Kol 4:7 - All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord:
Verš 14
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
1Tim 1:20 - "Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. "
Verš 19
Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
Sk 18:2 - "And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. "
Rim 16:3 - Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
2Tim 4,1 - Živí sú tí, čo budú pri druhom Kristovom príchode na konci sveta ešte žiť. Porov. 1 Sol 4, 15; 1 Kor 15, 51–52.
2Tim 4,6 - Pavol tu svoju smrť opisuje dvoma obrazmi. Použil ich už v Liste Filipanom. Tak ako sa vylievalo na obete víno, voda alebo olej (Ex 29, 40), bude vyliata aj jeho krv na obetu mučeníckej smrti (Flp 2, 17). Druhý obraz je v texte Flp 1, 23: "túžim zomrieť", v gréckej pôvodine je "byť odviazaný" – rozumie sa od tela.
2Tim 4,8 - Pavol prirovnáva život človeka na zemi k atletickým pretekom (1 Kor 9, 26), pri ktorých víťaz dostával vavrínový veniec. Tu je symbolom večnej odmeny.
2Tim 4,10 - Démas bol verným Pavlovým spolupracovníkom počas jeho prvého väznenia v Ríme alebo Cézarei (porov. Kol 4, 14; Flm 24).
2Tim 4,11 - Lukáš a Marek sú evanjelisti. Porov. Kol 4, 10.14.
2Tim 4,12 - O Tychikovi pozri Sk 20, 4; Ef 6, 21; Kol 4, 7; Tít 3, 12.
2Tim 4,14 - Alexander – nie je isté, či ten, ktorého Apoštol vylúčil z Cirkvi (porov. 1 Tim 1, 20). Citát je zo Ž 28, 4.
2Tim 4,19-20 - O uvedených menách porov. Sk 18, 2; Rim 16, 3; Sk 19, 22; 20, 4; 21, 29.
2Tim 4,21 - Tu spomínaný Línus je podľa niektorých prvý Petrov nástupca na rímskom stolci.