2 Timothy 2:3

Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same commend to faithful men, who shall be fit to teach others also.

4No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.

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Cross References

Judges 3:2That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:

1 Corinthians 13:7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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

1 Timothy 1:18This precept I commend to thee, O son Timothy; according to the prophecies going before on thee, that thou war in them a good warfare,

2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.

2 Timothy 4:5But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.

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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