2 Timothy 2:3
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.
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, except he strive lawfully.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
- KJV
- Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
- WEB
- You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
- ASV
- Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
- DARBY
- Take thy share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
- BLB
- Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
- ÅB
- Lid ondt med meg som en god Kristi Jesu stridsmann!
- OTB
- Bær vanskeligheter med meg, som en hengiven soldat av Kristus Jesus.
- B1930
- Lid ondt med mig som en god Kristi Jesu stridsmann!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 12:2–3
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Read in contextJames 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:5
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:8
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Read in contextEphesians 6:11–18
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:3–5
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
Read in contextHebrews 10:32
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Read in context2 Timothy 2:10
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.
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