2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed to identify with our Lord or with me His prisoner, but join in suffering for the Gospel according to the power of God

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In The King James Version

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

In Context

7Because God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of self-control.

9—the One who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not because of our works but because of His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

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Cross References

Luke 9:26Yes, whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of the Man will be ashamed of Him, whenever He comes in the glory—His, and the Father's, and of the holy angels.

John 19:35And the one who saw has testified, and his testimony is true (yes, he knows he is telling the truth), so that you may believe.

Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for the salvation of each one who believes (for the Jew first, then the Greek);

Romans 8:36(As it is written: “For your sake we are being put to death all day long; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.”)

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:7-15

Cautions and Exhortations; Ministerial Fidelity. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according… Read the whole commentary →

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