2 Timothy 2:3

Do you, therefore, suffer evil, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2and the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses, these do you commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

4Every one that serves as a soldier keeps himself free from the business of this life, that he may please him that has chosen him to be a soldier.

Read all of 2 Timothy 2

Cross References

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

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

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, in accordance with the preceding prophecies concerning you, that by them you may war the good warfare,

2 Timothy 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 4:5But do you be watchful in all things, endure evil, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.?

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Timothy 2:3