2 Timothy 2:5

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Summary

2 Timothy 2:5

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

Strive

Hebrews 12:4

Is he

Revelation 4:4

Bible References

Strive

Be striving to enter through the narrow door; for, many, I say unto you, will seek to enter, and will not be able, -

Know ye not that, they who, in a racecourse, run, all, indeed, run, - but, one, receiveth the prize? So, be running, that ye may lay hold.

Some, indeed, by reason of envy and strife - some, however, by reason of good will - are proclaiming, the Christ:

Unto which I am even toiling, contending according to his energy which is energising itself in me with power.

Not yet unto blood, have ye resisted, against sin, waging a contest;

Is he

The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:

Thou hast made him less, some little, than messengers, With glory and honour, hast thou crowned him, - And hast set him over the works of thy hands;

Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life - which he hath promised unto them that love him.

And, when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall bear away, the unfading crown of glory.

Do not fear the things which thou art about to suffer. Lo! the adversary is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried, and may have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that, no one, take thy crown.

And, round about the throne, were four and twenty thrones; and, upon the thrones, four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and, upon their heads, were crowns of gold.