KJV King James Version
If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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2 Timothy 2:13
If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
WEB World English Bible
If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can’t deny himself.”
ASV American Standard Version
if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.
Surrounding context — 2 Timothy 2
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 [It is] a faithful saying: For if we be dead with [him], we shall also live with [him]:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]: if we deny [him], he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put [them] in remembrance, charging [them] before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, [but] to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
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Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?1 Thessalonians 5:24Faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will do [it].2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep [you] from evil.Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;1 Corinthians 1:9God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.Romans 9:6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:Isaiah 25:1O LORD, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things; thy] counsels of old [are] faithfulness [and] truth.
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