Thematic Bible
2 Timothy 2:1 (show verse)
So you, my son, must find strength in the blessing that comes through Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:2 (show verse)
The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be capable of teaching others.
2 Timothy 2:3 (show verse)
Share my hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:4 (show verse)
Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him.
2 Timothy 2:5 (show verse)
No one who competes in the games is awarded a crown unless he obeys the rules.
2 Timothy 2:6 (show verse)
The farmer who does the work ought to be the first to have some of the produce.
2 Timothy 2:7 (show verse)
Think over what I say. For the Lord will help you to understand it perfectly.
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2 Timothy 2:8 (show verse)
Remember Jesus Christ as risen from the dead, and descended from David, as I preach the good news,
2 Timothy 2:9 (show verse)
for the sake of which I even suffer imprisonment as a criminal. But God's message is not imprisoned!
2 Timothy 2:10 (show verse)
For that reason I am ready to submit to anything for the sake of those whom God has chosen, so that they too may gain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and brings eternal glory.
2 Timothy 2:11 (show verse)
How true those words are! "If we have died with him, we will live with him!
2 Timothy 2:12 (show verse)
If we endure, we will reign with him! If we disown him, he will also disown us!
2 Timothy 2:13 (show verse)
If we are unfaithful, he will remain faithful, for he cannot be false to himself!"
2 Timothy 2:14 (show verse)
Remind men of these things. Charge them before God to avoid idle arguments which do no one any good and only bring destruction on those who listen to them.
2 Timothy 2:15 (show verse)
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.
2 Timothy 2:16 (show verse)
Leave worldly, empty phrases alone, for they lead people deeper and deeper into godlessness,
2 Timothy 2:17 (show verse)
and their teaching spreads like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2 Timothy 2:18 (show verse)
who have missed the truth and say that the resurrection has taken place already, thus undermining people's faith.
2 Timothy 2:19 (show verse)
Yet God's solid foundation stands unshaken, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who uses the name of the Lord must give up evil."
2 Timothy 2:20 (show verse)
In any large house there are not only gold and silver dishes but also wooden and earthen ones, some for great occasions and some for ordinary use.
2 Timothy 2:21 (show verse)
So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be put to great uses, consecrated and used by the master of the house himself, and ready for any good use.
2 Timothy 2:22 (show verse)
Fly from the cravings of youth, and go in pursuit of uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.
2 Timothy 2:23 (show verse)
Avoid foolish, crude speculations; you know they only lead to quarrels,
2 Timothy 2:24 (show verse)
and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,
2 Timothy 2:25 (show verse)
correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth,
2 Timothy 2:26 (show verse)
and they may yet return to their senses and escape from the toils of the devil, who has caught them to make them do his will.