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2 Timothy 2:1-2 KJV
2 Timothy · chapter 2 · verses 1–2
1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2And 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.2 Timothy 2:1-2 · King James Version
2 Timothy 2:1-2 in context
1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2And 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.
3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
- Ephesians 6:10
- 2 Timothy 1:7
- Philippians 4:13
- 1 Corinthians 16:13
- Haggai 2:4
- 2 Timothy 1:13-14
- 1 Timothy 4:6
- 1 Timothy 6:12
- Malachi 2:7
- Titus 1:5-9
- 2 Timothy 3:10
Key words (Strong's)
- witnessesmartysa witness, in a legal sense, an historical sense, one who is a spectator of anything…G3144 →
- faithfulpistostrusty, faithful, of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business…G4103 →
- strongendynamoōto be strong, endue with strength, strengthen, to receive strength, be strengthened…G1743 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- othersheterosthe other, another, other, to number, to number as opposed to some former person or…G2087 →
- gracecharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
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Here Paul encourages Timothy to constancy and perseverance in his work: Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, Ti2 2:1. Observe, Those who have work to do for God must stir up themselves to do it, and strengthen themselves for it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7