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2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
2 Timothy · chapter 2 · verse 15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.2 Timothy 2:15 · King James Version
2 Timothy 2:15 in context
13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
- 2 Peter 1:10
- 1 Timothy 4:6
- 2 Corinthians 10:18
- 2 Corinthians 5:9
- 1 Timothy 4:12-16
- 2 Peter 3:14
- Galatians 1:10
Key words (Strong's)
- approveddokimosaccepted, particularly of coins and money., accepted, pleasing, acceptableG1384 →
- thyselfseautouthyself, theeG4572 →
- workmanergatēsa workman, a labourer, usually one who works for hire esp. an agricultural worker, one…G2040 →
- Studyspoudazōto hasten, make haste, to exert one's self, endeavour, give diligenceG4704 →
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
- shewparistēmito place beside or near, to set at hand, to present, to proffer, to provide, to place a…G3936 →
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Having thus encouraged Timothy to suffer, he comes in the next place to direct him in his work. I. He must make it his business to edify those who were under his charge, to put them in remembrance of those things which they did already know; for this is the work of ministers;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-18