2 Timothy 2:14
Remind the believers of these things, charging them before the Lord to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
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In Context
13if we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
Jeremiah 23:36But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
Matthew 16:26What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by saying that you must be circumcised and keep the law.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:9-14
Ministerial Encouragements. ( a. d. 66.) 8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny… Read the whole commentary →