2 Timothy 2:3

Endure hardship with me, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the things that thou heardest from me by many witnesses[2:2], the same commit thou to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

4No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.

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Cross References

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

2 Corinthians 10:3For though walking in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh;

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before concerning thee, that thou mayest wage in them the good warfare;

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

2 Timothy 4:5But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully accomplish thy 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 →

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