2 Timothy 2:1
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 1:7Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.
1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith,do manfully, and be strengthened.
Ephesians 6:10Finally, brethren, be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of his power.
1 Timothy 1:2To Timothy, his beloved son in faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:2To Timothy my dearly beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 3:18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:1
In this chapter our apostle gives Timothy many exhortations and directions, which may be of great use to other, both ministers and Christians, for whom they were designed as well as for him. I. He encourages him in his work, showing him whence he must fetch help, ver. 1 . II. He must take care of a succession in the ministry, that the office might not die with him, ver. 2 . III. He exhorts him to constancy and perseverance in this work, as a soldier and as a husbandman, considering what would be the end of all his… Read the whole commentary →