2 Timothy 2:3

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

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Also, the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

4No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of civilian life; he wants to please the one who enlisted him.

Read all of 2 Timothy 2

Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:7it bears all, believes all, hopes all, endures all;

2 Corinthians 10:3Well, we do walk about in flesh, but we do not wage war that way,

1 Timothy 1:18Son Timothy, I am giving you this charge in accordance with the prophecies about you that lead the way, that in them you may wage the good warfare,

2 Timothy 2:10This is why I endure it all: for the sake of the chosen ones, that they also 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Timothy 2:3