Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,
Parallel translations
- WEB Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News,
- KJV Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
- BSB Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,
- NKJV Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,
- NLT Always remember that Jesus Christ, a descendant of King David, was raised from the dead. This is the Good News I preach.
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Quick answer
Timothy must keep Jesus Christ in view, risen from the dead and descended from David, as the heart of Paul's gospel. The resurrected, royal Christ is the center of all ministry.
Overview
Paul anchors endurance in the person of the risen Christ, who as 'the offspring of David' fulfills the messianic promises. The resurrection assures believers that suffering is not the final word and that Christ reigns. Remembering this gospel sustains Timothy through every hardship.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Rom 2:16in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
- Acts 2:24whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
- 1 Cor 15:11–20Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
- 2 Th 2:14to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Matt 1:1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- 1 Tim 2:7to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
- 1 Cor 15:4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Heb 12:2–3looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Rom 1:3–4concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,
- Rev 5:5One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.”
- 1 Cor 15:1Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
- 1 Tim 1:11according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
- Acts 2:30Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
- Rom 16:25—
- Acts 13:23From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
- Luke 24:46He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
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