2 Timothy 2:12
If we continue to endure, we shall also share his throne. If we should ever disown him, he, too, will disown us.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
In Context
11How true this saying is — ‘If we have shared his death, we shall also share his life.
13If we lose our trust, he is still to be trusted, for he cannot be false to himself!’
Cross References
Matthew 10:33but, if any one disowns me before his fellow men, I, too, will disown him before my Father who is in Heaven.
Matthew 26:35“Even if I must die with you,” Peter exclaimed, “I shall never disown you!” All the disciples spoke in the same way.
Mark 8:38Whoever is ashamed of me and of my teaching, in this unfaithful and wicked generation, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his Father’s Glory with the holy angels.”
Luke 9:26Whoever is ashamed of me and of my teaching, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Glory and the Glory of the father and of the holy angels.
Acts 14:22reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the Faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the Kingdom of God.
Philippians 1:28without ever shrinking from your opponents. To them this will be a sign of their Destruction and of your Salvation — a sign from God.
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 →