Verse
2 Timothy 2:3 — Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
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The verses around 2 Timothy 2:3.
1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2And 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.
3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Verse explanation
Paul uses the discipline of a soldier — who does not get distracted with personal matters while on duty — as the first of three comparisons in a row in this chapter, along with the athlete and the farmer. The idea common to all three is focus: total dedication to a single task until the end.
From the 2 Timothy 2 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Timothy 2:3 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Tu, pois, soffre as afflicções como bom soldado de Jesus Christo.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Tu, pois, sofre as aflições como bom soldado de Jesus Cristo.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Sufre conmigo como un buen soldado de Cristo Jesús.
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