2 Timothy 2:3
Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
1 Corinthians 13:7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
2 Corinthians 10:3For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
2 Timothy 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
2 Timothy 4:5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your 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 →