2 Timothy 3:12
And likewise all, who choose to live in the fear of God, in Jesus the Messiah, will be persecuted.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
In Context
13But evil and seducing men will add to their wickedness, while they deceive and are deceived.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Matthew 16:24Then said Jesus to his disciples: If any one desireth to come after me, let him deny himself; and let him bear his cross, and come after me.
Mark 10:30who will not receive a hundredfold, here in the present time, houses, and brothers and sisters, and mothers and children, and lands, with persecution; and in the world to come eternal life.
John 15:19And if ye were of the world, the world would love what is of it. But ye are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; for this cause, the world hateth you.
John 16:33These things have I said to you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye will have trouble: but, take courage, I have vanquished the world.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 3:11-17
Marks of Perilous Times; Excellence of the Scriptures. ( a. d. 66.) 10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14 But continue thou… Read the whole commentary →