Parallel Verses
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Be diligent to present thyself before God approved, a workman that need not blush, rightly dividing the word of truth.
New American Standard Bible
Be diligent to
King James Version
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Holman Bible
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.
International Standard Version
Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.
A Conservative Version
Be diligent to present thyself approved to God, an irreproachable workman, correctly traversing the word of truth.
American Standard Version
Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
Amplified
Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth.
An Understandable Version
Do your best to present yourself as a worker who is approved by God [and] does not have to be ashamed, [because you are] accurately handling [i.e., explaining] the message of truth.
Anderson New Testament
Strive to present yourself to God as approved, a workman that has no cause to be ashamed, rightly setting forth the word of truth.
Bible in Basic English
Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.
Common New Testament
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
endeavour to approve yourself to God, as an artist that is not afraid of reproach, by rightly explaining the word of truth.
Darby Translation
Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.
Godbey New Testament
Study to present yourself to God approved, a workman not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Goodspeed New Testament
Do your best to win God's approval as a workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, but rightly shapes the message of truth.
John Wesley New Testament
Be diligent to present thyself unto God approved a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Julia Smith Translation
Be earnest to present thyself acceptable to God, a worker without shame, dividing rightly the word of truth.
King James 2000
Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.
Modern King James verseion
Study earnestly to present yourself approved to God, a workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Study to show thyself laudable unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, dividing the word of truth justly.
Moffatt New Testament
Do your utmost to let God see that you at least are a sound workman, with no need to be ashamed of the way you handle the word of the Truth.
Montgomery New Testament
Strive earnestly to present yourself unto God, tested and proved worthy by trial, a workman unashamed, ever cutting a straight path for the message of the truth.
NET Bible
Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.
New Heart English Bible
Do your best to present yourself approved by God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
Noyes New Testament
Study to present thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Sawyer New Testament
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a workman that will not be put to shame, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The Emphasized Bible
Give diligence, thyself, approved, to present unto God, - a workman not to be put to shame, skillfully handling the word of truth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do your utmost to show yourself true to God, a workman with no reason to be ashamed, accurate in delivering the Message of the Truth.
Webster
Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Weymouth New Testament
Earnestly seek to commend yourself to God as a servant who, because of his straightforward dealing with the word of truth, has no reason to feel any shame.
Williams New Testament
Do your best to present yourself to God an approved workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, who properly presents the message of truth.
World English Bible
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
Worrell New Testament
Give diligence to present yourself approved to God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Worsley New Testament
Endeavour to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Youngs Literal Translation
be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;
Themes
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Holy ambition, general references to
Holy » General references to » Ambition
Names » Of the word of God » Word
Interlinear
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Devotionals
Devotionals about 2 Timothy 2:15
Devotionals containing 2 Timothy 2:15
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Timothy 2:15
Prayers for 2 Timothy 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Worker Approved To God And Not Ashamed
14 Put them in mind of these things, adjuring them before the Lord not to quarrel about words of no use, but tending to the perversion of the audience. 15 Be diligent to present thyself before God approved, a workman that need not blush, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But profane vain bablings avoid: for they will proceed to greater lengths of impiety.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 21:15-17
When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who indeed is a faithful steward, and prudent, whom the lord will place over his household, to give them their proportion of provision at the proper season?
Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazarean, a man from God, pointed out to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as yourselves also know:
Acts 20:27
For I have concealed nothing, so as not repeatedly to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
Romans 14:18
For he who in these things is the servant of Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Romans 16:10
Salute Apelles the approved in Christ. Salute those who are of the family of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 2:6
But we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are destroying themselves:
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
AND I, brethren, have been unable to speak to you as unto spiritual men, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:6
Who hath made us also able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 4:2
but have renounced all shameful secret practices, not conducting ourselves with artifice, nor deceitfully disguising the word of God, but by clear manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience as in the presence of God.
2 Corinthians 5:9
wherefore also our ambition is, that whether dwelling in the body, or out of the body, we may be acceptable to him.
2 Corinthians 6:3-4
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
2 Corinthians 10:18
For not he who commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.
Galatians 1:10
For do I now use persuasions from men, or from God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Ephesians 1:13
In whom ye also [trusted] after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the holy Spirit of promise,
1 Thessalonians 2:4
but as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
Now we conjure you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient with all men.
1 Timothy 4:6
If thou suggest these truths to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and sound doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
1 Timothy 4:12-16
Let no man despise thy youth; but be a pattern of the faithful, in discourse; in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us then earnestly endeavour to enter into that rest, lest any person fall after the same example of unbelief.
Hebrews 5:11-14
Concerning whom we have much to discourse, and of difficult interpretation to explain, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
James 1:18
Of his own choice he produced us by the word of truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his creatures.??19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make sure your calling and election: for by doing these things, ye shall never at any time stumble:
2 Peter 1:15
I will endeavour then that even after my decease, ye may always have wherewith to preserve the remembrance of these things.
2 Peter 3:14
Wherefore, beloved, seeing ye are expecting these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, spotless and blameless.
Matthew 13:52
They say unto him, Yes, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man, the master of a family, who bringeth out of his storehouse things new and old.
Mark 4:33
And with many such like parables spake he to them the word.