2 Timothy 2

A Loyal Soldier of Christ Jesus

1 You then, Timothy, my child, be strong in the grace we have in Christ Jesus.2 You should teach people whom you can trust the things you and many others have heard me say. Then they will be able to teach others.3 Share in the troubles we have like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.4 A soldier wants to please the enlisting officer, so no one serving in the army wastes time with everyday matters.5 Also an athlete who takes part in a contest must obey all the rules in order to win.6 The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that was grown.

7 Think about what I am saying, because the Lord will give you the ability to understand everything.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead, who is from the family of David. This is the Good News I preach,9 and I am suffering because of it to the point of being bound with chains like a criminal. But God’s teaching is not in chains.

10 So I patiently accept all these troubles so that those whom God has chosen can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With that salvation comes glory that never ends.

11 This teaching is true:
If we died with him, we will also live with him.

12 If we accept suffering, we will also rule with him.
If we say we don’t know him, he will say he doesn’t know us.

13 If we are not faithful, he will still be faithful, because he must be true to who he is.

A Worker Pleasing to God

14 Continue teaching these things, warning people in God’s presence not to argue about words. It does not help anyone, and it ruins those who listen.15 Make every effort to give yourself to God as the kind of person he will approve. Be a worker who is not ashamed and who uses the true teaching in the right way.16 Stay away from foolish, useless talk, because that will lead people further away from God.17 Their evil teaching will spread like a sickness inside the body. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.18 They have left the true teaching, saying that the rising from the dead has already taken place, and so they are destroying the faith of some people.19 But God’s strong foundation continues to stand. These words are written on the seal: “The Lord knows those who belong to him,” 20 In a large house there are not only things made of gold and silver, but also things made of wood and clay. Some things are used for special purposes, and others are made for ordinary jobs.

21 All who make themselves clean from evil will be used for special purposes. They will be made holy, useful to the Master, ready to do any good work.
22 But run away from the evil desires of youth. Try hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace, together with those who trust in the Lord from pure hearts.23 Stay away from foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they grow into quarrels.24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, a good teacher, and patient.25 The Lord’s servant must gently teach those who disagree. Then maybe God will let them change their minds so they can accept the truth.26 And they may wake up and escape from the trap of the devil, who catches them to do what he wants.

2 Timothy 2

1 Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.3 Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.4 No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.5 And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.6 The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.7 Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:9 wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.11 Faithful is the 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 shall deny him, he also will deny us:13 if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.15 Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.16 But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,17 and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenaeus an Philetus;18 men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor.21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master’s use, prepared unto every good work.22 after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.23 But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.24 And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,26 and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.