2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I submit to every thing for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is by Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9for whose sake I suffer trouble even unto bonds, as if I were a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

11It is an undoubted truth, if we are dead with Him, we shall also live with Him:

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Cross References

Matthew 24:24for there shall rise up false Christs, and false prophets, who shall shew great signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Luke 22:57But he denied Him, saying, Woman, I do not know Him.

John 17:9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom Thou hast given me, for they are thine.

Romans 2:7to them, who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life:

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as the weak, that I might gain the weak: I became all things to all men, that I might by every means save some.

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 →

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