03/07/2021
2 Timothy 2:1-23
2 Timothy 2:1-23
[1]You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
[2]And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
[3]You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
[4]No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
[5]And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
[6]The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.
[7]Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
[8]Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,
[9]for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.
[10]Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
[11]This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.
[12]If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
[13]If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. Approved and Disapproved Workers
[14]Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.
[15]Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
[16]But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
[17]And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,
[18]who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.
[19]Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,”
