2You, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, ²and the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful people who will be competent to teach others also. ³Suffer together with me as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him. ⁵And also if anyone competes he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. ⁶The farmer who works hard must be the first to receive a share of the crops. ⁷Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will grant you understanding in all these things.

A Trustworthy Saying

⁸Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David according to my gospel, ⁹in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of imprisonment^a as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound. ¹⁰Because of this, I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, in order that they also may obtain salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. ¹¹The saying is trustworthy:

For if we died with him, we will also live with him;

¹²if we endure, we will also reign with him;

if we deny him, he also will deny us;

¹³if we are unfaithful, he remains faithful—he cannot deny himself^b.^c

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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

aLiterally “bonds”
bLiterally “he is not able to deny himself”
cSome manuscripts have “because he is not able to deny himself”