2 Timothy 3:14

But continue thou -Thou" emphatic; -continue," better abide, i.e. make no downward progress, go not astray: the construction of the next clause illustrates the brevity of the Greek use of the relative; lit. -in those things which thou didst learn, and as to which thou wert fully persuaded." The last verb occurs here only in N.T. But it is a good classical word.

which thou hast learned The three past tenses of this verse are aorists, and should be rendered didst learn, wert assured, didst learn. A definite time is implied when the learning and the assurance came, in that early youth.

knowing of whom -Knowing as thou dost" as in 2 Timothy 2:23. The plural -of what persons" should be read. Lois and Eunice must be understood, as in 2 Timothy 1:5.