2nd Timothy 2

CHAPTER 2

¹Therefore thou, my son, be comforted in grace that is in Christ Jesus.

²And what things thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, betake thou these to faithful men, which shall be able also to teach other men.

³Travail thou as a good knight of Christ Jesus.

⁴No man holding knighthood to God, [en] wrappeth himself with worldly needs, that he please to him, to whom he hath proved himself.

⁵For he that fighteth in a battle, shall not be crowned, but he fight lawfully.

⁶It behooveth an earth-tiller to receive first of the fruits.

⁷Understand thou what things I say. For the Lord shall give to thee understanding in all things.

⁸Be thou mindful that the Lord Jesus Christ of the seed of David hath risen again from death, after my gospel,

⁹in which I travail unto bonds, as working evil, but the word of God is not bound.

¹⁰Therefore I suffer [or I sustain] all things for the chosen, that also they get the health that is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.

¹¹A true word [is this that I say] , that if we be dead together [to the world] , also we shall live together [in bliss] ;

¹²if we suffer [or if we sustain] , we shall reign together [with Christ] ; if we deny [him] , he shall deny us;

¹³if we believe not, he dwelleth faithful, he may not deny himself.

¹⁴Teach thou these things, witness-ing before God. Do not thou strive in words; for to nothing it is profitable, but to the subverting of men that hear.

¹⁵Busily keep [or Take care] to give thyself a proved, praiseable workman to God, without shame, rightly treating the word of truth.

¹⁶But eschew thou [or shun thou] unholy and vain speeches, for why those profit much to unfaithfulness,

¹⁷and the word of them creepeth as a canker. Of whom Philetus is, and Hymenaeus,

¹⁸which felled down from the truth, saying that the rising-again is now done, and they subverted [or turned upside-down] the faith of some men.

¹⁹But the firm foundament of God standeth, having this mark, The Lord knoweth which be his, and, Each man that nameth the name of the Lord, departeth from wickedness.

²⁰But in a great house be not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of tree, and of earth; and so some be into honour, and some into despite.

²¹Therefore, if any man cleanseth himself from these, he shall be a vessel hallowed into honour, and profitable to the Lord, ready to all good work.

²²And flee thou [the] desires of youth, but follow thou rightwiseness, faith, charity, peace, with them that inwardly call [or that in-call] the Lord of a clean heart.

²³And eschew thou [or shun] foolish questions, and without knowing, [or discipline] , witting that those engender chidings.

²⁴But it behooveth the servant of the Lord to chide not; but to be mild to all men, able to teach, patient,

²⁵with temperance reproving them that against-stand the truth, that some-time God give to them repenting [or penance] , that they know the truth,

²⁶and that they rise again from the snares of the devil, of whom they be held prisoners at his will.