2 Timothy 2:3

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

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Cross References

Judges 3:2(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —

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

2 Corinthians 10:3for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to thee, child Timotheus, according to the prophesies that went before upon thee, that thou mayest war in them the good warfare,

2 Timothy 2:10because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that [is] in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

2 Timothy 4:5And thou — watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

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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