2 Timothy 2:3

Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

4A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

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Cross References

Judges 3:2Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it;

1 Corinthians 13:7Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

2 Corinthians 10:3For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

1 Timothy 1:18This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

2 Timothy 2:10But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 4:5But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

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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