2 Timothy 2:13
11 This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
14 Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
15 Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- KJV
- If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he can not deny himself.
- WEB
- If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”
- ASV
- if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
- DARBY
- if we are unfaithful, *he* abides faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
- BLB
- if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He is not able to deny Himself.
- ÅB
- er vi troløse, så er han trofast; for han kan ikke fornekte seg selv.
- OTB
- Hvis vi er troløse,
forblir Han trofast,
for Han kan ikke fornekte seg selv. - B1930
- er vi troløse, så er han trofast; for han kan ikke fornekte sig selv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Read in contextRomans 3:3
What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:24
The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Read in contextTitus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:9
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
Read in contextHebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Read in contextMatthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
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