2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure every thing, for the elect's sake; that they also may obtain life, in Jesus the Messiah, with eternal glory.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
9in which I suffer evils unto bonds, as if an evil-doer: but the word of God is not in bonds.
11Faithful is the saying, For if we shall have died with him, we shall also live with him;
Cross References
Matthew 24:24For there will arise false Messiahs, and mendacious prophets; who will exhibit great signs, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Luke 22:57But he denied, and said: Woman, I have not known him.
John 17:9And I pray for them; it is not for the world that I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, for they are thine.
Romans 2:7to them who, by perseverance in good works, seek for glory and honor and immortality, to them he will give life eternal;
1 Corinthians 9:22I was with the weak, as weak, that I might gain the weak: I was all things to all men, that I might vivify every one.
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 →