2 Timothy 2:14
Of these things, be putting [them] in remembrance, adjuring [them] before God not to be waging word-battles,—useful, for nothing, occasioning a subversion of them that hearken.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13If we are faithless, he, faithful, abideth,—for, deny himself, he cannot!
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:21and turn not aside after vanities, that can neither profit nor deliver, because, vanities, they are.
Jeremiah 2:11Hath a nation, changed gods, although they were No-gods? Yet my people have changed my glory for that which could not profit!
Jeremiah 16:19O Yahweh, my strength, and my refuge, and my place to fly to, in the day of distress,—Unto thee, shall nations come in, out of the ends of the earth, that they may say—Surely! Falsehood, did our fathers inherit, Vanity, among whom is none that can profit:
Jeremiah 23:36but the oracle of Yahweh, shall ye not mention, any more,—for, every man’s oracle, shall be his own word, because ye have perverted the words of a Living God, Yahweh of hosts our God.
Matthew 16:26For what shall a man be profited, though, the whole world, he gain, and, his life, he forfeit? Or what shall a man give, in exchange for his life?
Acts 15:24Inasmuch as we had heard that, certain from among us, had troubled you with words, dismantling your souls,—unto whom we had given no instructions,
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 →