2 Timothy 2:3

Thou therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

In Context

2And what thou have heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit thou to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

4No man who serves in the military entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he may please the man who enlisted the army.

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Cross References

Judges 3:2only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least to such as formerly knew nothing of that):

1 Corinthians 13:7covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

2 Corinthians 10:3For though walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

1 Timothy 1:18This command I set before thee, child Timothy, according to the prophecies leading the way for thee, so that by them thou might war the good warfare.

2 Timothy 2:10Because of this I endure all things because of the chosen, so that they also may experience salvation in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 4:5But be thou sober in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, bring thy ministry to fullness.

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:2-8

Ministerial Fortitude. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned,… Read the whole commentary →

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