KJV King James Version
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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2 Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
WEB World English Bible
You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
ASV American Standard Version
Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;
Surrounding context — 2 Timothy 2
1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
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Hebrews 12:2-3Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.James 1:12Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.2 Timothy 4:5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.Ephesians 6:11-18Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.2 Timothy 1:8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;2 Corinthians 10:3-5For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:Hebrews 10:32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.2 Corinthians 1:6And whether we be afflicted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation.1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;2 Timothy 3:11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of [them] all the Lord delivered me.Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.1 Corinthians 13:7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.Hebrews 6:15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
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