2You then, ^wmy child, ^xbe strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, ²and ^ywhat you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses ^zentrust to faithful men,¹ ^awho will be able to teach others also. ³^bShare in suffering as ^ca good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴No soldier ^dgets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. ⁵^eAn athlete is not ^fcrowned unless he competes according to the rules. ⁶It is ^gthe hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. ⁷Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

⁸Remember Jesus Christ, ^hrisen from the dead, the ⁱoffspring of David, ^jas preached in my gospel, ⁹^kfor which I am suffering, ^lbound with chains as a criminal. But ^mthe word of God is not bound! ¹⁰Therefore ⁿI endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain ^othe salvation that is in Christ Jesus with ^peternal glory. ¹¹The saying is ^qtrustworthy, for:

^rIf we have died with him, we will also ^slive with him;

¹²^tif we endure, we will also reign with him;

^uif we deny him, he also will deny us;

¹³^vif we are faithless, ^whe remains faithful—

for ^xhe cannot deny himself.

Read in Logos

2 Timothy 2:12–13: …if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.

Footnotes

1The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women, depending on the context

Cross references

wSee ch. 1:2
xSee Eph. 6:10
ych. 1:13
z 1 Tim. 1:18
a[Titus 1:5]
bch. 1:8; 4:5
c 1 Tim. 1:18
d 2 Pet. 2:20
eSee 1 Cor. 9:25
f[ch. 4:8]
g 1 Cor. 9:10; [Heb. 6:7]
h 1 Cor. 15:20
iSee Matt. 1:1
jSee Rom. 2:16
kch. 1:8, 12
lSee Phil. 1:7
m[ch. 4:17]; See Phil. 1:13
n Eph. 3:13; Col. 1:24; [1 Cor. 13:7]
o 2 Cor. 1:6
p 1 Pet. 5:10
qSee 1 Tim. 1:15
r[1 Thess. 5:10]; See Rom. 6:8
s Rev. 20:4
t[2 Thess. 1:4, 5]; See Rom. 8:17; Heb. 10:36; Rev. 20:4
uSee Matt. 10:33
vSee Rom. 3:3
wSee 1 Cor. 1:9
x Num. 23:19; Titus 1:2