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2 Timothy 2

Paul tells Timothy to be strong in grace and commit truth to faithful men who can teach others. Using soldier, athlete, and farmer images, he calls for disciplined endurance. He emphasizes Jesus Christ raised from the dead, warns against word-strife and false resurrection teaching, and urges Timothy to flee youthful lusts, pursue godliness, avoid foolish disputes, and correct opponents with meekness.

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Paul tells Timothy to be strong in grace and commit truth to faithful men who can teach others. Using soldier, athlete, and farmer images, he calls for disciplined endurance. He emphasizes Jesus Christ raised from the dead, warns against word-strife and false resurrection teaching, and urges Timothy to flee youthful lusts, pursue godliness, avoid foolish disputes, and correct opponents with meekness.

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Verses 1–7Timothy is told to be strong in grace, train faithful men, and endure hardness as a good soldierVerses 8–13Paul remembers the risen Christ, endures for the elect, and gives a faithful saying about suffering and faithfulnessVerses 14–19Timothy must avoid word battles and rightly divide the word of truth while rejecting profane babblingsVerses 20–22A great house contains vessels of differing honor, and Timothy must flee youthful lusts and pursue righteousnessVerses 23–26The servant of the Lord must avoid foolish disputes and teach opponents with meekness
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1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that…2And the things that thou hast heard of me among…3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus…4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of…5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is…6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the…7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding…8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was…9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto…10Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that…11It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead…12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if…13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot…14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before…15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that…16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase…17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of…18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection…19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal,…20But in a great house there are not only vessels…21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall…22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace,…23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do…24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but…25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure…26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare…