2 Timothy 2:3

you, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2and the things that you heard from me through many witnesses, be committing these things to steadfast men, who will also be sufficient to teach others;

4no one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who enlisted him;

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Cross References

Judges 3:2(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them)—

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

2 Corinthians 10:3for walking in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,

1 Timothy 1:18I commit to you this charge, child Timotheus, according to the prophecies that went before on you, that you may war in them the good warfare,

2 Timothy 2:10because of this I endure all things, because of the chosen ones, that they also may obtain salvation that [is] in Christ Jesus, with perpetual glory.

2 Timothy 4:5But you—watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; make full assurance of 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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