2Timothy 2

A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

2You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,G4771G3767G3450G5043G1743G1722G5485G1722G5547G24242and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.G2532G3739G191G3844G1700G1223G4183G3144G5023G3908G4103G444G3748G2071G2425G1321G2087G25323Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.G4771G3767G2553G5613G2570G4757G2424G55474No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.G3762G4754G1707G4230G979G2443G700G47585An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.G1161G1437G5100G2532G118G4737G3756G4737G3362G118G35456It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.G1092G2872G1163G4413G3335G25907Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.G3539G3739G3004G1063G2962G1325G4671G4907G1722G39568Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,G3421G2424G5547G1537G4690G1138G1453G1537G3498G2596G3450G20989for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!G1722G3739G2553G5613G2557G3360G1199G235G3056G2316G1210G3756G121010Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.G1223G5124G5278G3956G1588G1588G1223G2443G846G5177G2532G5177G4991G3588G1722G5547G2424G3326G166G139111The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;G4103G3056G1063G1487G4880G4800G2532G480012if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;G1487G5278G4821G2532G4821G1487G720G2548G720G224813if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.G1487G569G1565G3306G4103G3756G1410G720G1438

A Worker Approved by God

14Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.G5023G5279G1263G1799G2962G3054G3361G3054G1519G3762G5539G1909G2692G19115Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.G4704G3936G4572G1384G2316G2040G422G3718G3056G22516But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,G1161G4026G952G2757G1063G4298G1909G4119G76317and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,G2532G846G3056G2192G3542G5613G1044G3739G2076G5211G2532G537218who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.G3748G4012G225G795G3004G386G1096G2235G2532G396G4102G510019But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."G3305G2310G2316G2476G4731G2192G5026G4973G2962G1097G5607G846G2532G868G3956G3687G3686G5547G868G575G9320Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.G1161G1722G3173G3614G2076G3756G3440G4632G5552G2532G693G235G2532G3585G2532G3749G2532G3739G3303G1519G5092G1161G3739G1519G81921Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.G1437G5100G3767G1571G1438G575G5130G2071G4632G1519G5092G37G2532G2173G1203G2090G1519G3956G18G204122So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.G5343G1161G3512G1939G1161G1377G1343G4102G26G1515G3326G1941G2962G1537G2513G258823Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.G1161G3474G2532G521G2214G3868G1492G3754G1080G316324And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,G1161G1401G2962G1163G3756G3164G235G1511G2261G4314G3956G1317G42025correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,G1722G4236G3811G475G3379G2316G3379G1325G846G3341G1519G1922G22526and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.G2532G366G1537G3803G1228G2221G5259G846G1519G1565G2307