Limitless Word

2 Timothy 2

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT

📖 2 Timothy introduction

Read the chapter

1You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. ✦ 2The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. ✦ 3You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ✦ 4No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. ✦ 5Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules. ✦ 6The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops. ✦ 7Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things. ✦ 8Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News, ✦ 9in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained. ✦ 10Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. ✦ 11This 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 faithless, he remains faithful. For he can’t deny himself.” ✦ 14Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear. ✦ 15Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. ✦ 16But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness, ✦ 17and those words will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; ✦ 18men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some. ✦ 19However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.” ✦ 20Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. ✦ 21If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work. ✦ 22Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ✦ 23But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife. ✦ 24The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient, ✦ 25in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth, ✦ 26and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will. ✦

Tap any verse for its study page. Underlined terms mark a concept, person, or place; ✦ marks verses with cross-references.

Where this chapter connects

1 Tim 1 ·161 Tim 6 ·132 Tim 2 ·101 Tim 4 ·9Titus 3 ·92 Tim 1 ·8Titus 1 ·8Jas 1 ·7

Christ at the center

Christ Jesus 'abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel' — the risen Lord whose word and kingdom endure to the end.

How 2 Timothy 2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

← 2 Timothy 12 Timothy 3 →