As I besought thee] The words 'so do' (i.e. remember and act upon my instructions), or 'so I do now,' RV, i.e. 'I repeat my charge to you,' must be supplied. When I went] RV 'when I was going.' It is probable that the charge was given to Timothy by St. Paul in Ephesus when he left that city himself. This journey he took in the interval between his first and second imprisonment. That they teach no other doctrine] RV 'not to teach a different doctrine'; better, 'not to teach heterodox doctrine.'

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