2 Timothy 2:3

Endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Entrust what yoʋ have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses 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, since he seeks to please the one who enlisted him.

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Cross References

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

2 Corinthians 10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I entrust to yoʋ, Timothy, my child, according to the prophecies once made about yoʋ, so that by them yoʋ may fight the good fight,

2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 4:5But as for yoʋ, be sober-minded in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill yoʋr 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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