2 Timothy 2:3

You therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

4No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of civilian life, in order that he may please the one having enlisted him.

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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 we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to you, my son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that you may war by them the good warfare,

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

2 Timothy 4:5You however be watchful 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 →

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