2 Timothy 2:7
Understand what I say: for the Lord will give thee in all things understanding.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
In Context
6The husbandman, that laboureth, must first partake of the fruits.
Cross References
Exodus 36:1Beseleel, therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded.
Deuteronomy 4:39Know therefore this day, and think in thy heart that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and there is no other.
1 Chronicles 22:12The Lord also give thee wisdom and understanding, that thou mayest be able to rule Israel, and to keep the law of the Lord thy God.
2 Chronicles 1:8And Solomon said to God: Thou hast shewn great kindness to my father David: and hast made me king in his stead.
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 →