2 Timothy 2:3

And endure evils, as a good soldier of Jesus the Messiah.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the things thou hast heard from me by many witnesses, these commit thou to faithful men, who are competent to teach others also.

4No man, on becoming a soldier, entangleth himself with the business of the world; that he may please him who enlisted him.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all, and endureth all.

2 Corinthians 10:3For, although we walk in the flesh, our warfare is not after the flesh.

1 Timothy 1:18This injunction I commit to thee, my son Timothy, according to the former predictions concerning thee, that in them thou mightest war this good warfare,

2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure every thing, for the elect's sake; that they also may obtain life, in Jesus the Messiah, with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 4:5But be thou vigilant in all things; and endure evils, and do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill thy 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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