2 Timothy 2:15
Strive to present yourself to God as approved, a workman that has no cause to be ashamed, rightly setting forth the word of truth.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
16But shun profane and vain babblings; for they will make further advance to ungodliness,
Cross References
Mark 4:33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.
John 21:15When, therefore, they had taken breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, Do you love me more than these? He said to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my lambs.
Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
Romans 16:10Salute Appelles, approved in Christ. Salute those who are of the household of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you, as to spiritual men, but as to those who are carnal, as to babes in Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:2but we have renounced the secret works of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God; but, by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:15-19
Cautions against Error. ( a. d. 66.) 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus; 18 Who concerning the truth have… Read the whole commentary →