2 Timothy 2:3
You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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In The King James Version
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing of it before:
1 Corinthians 13:7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
2 Corinthians 10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;
1 Timothy 1:18I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,
2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2 Timothy 4:5But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfil 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 →