RWebster - II Timothy - 2

2:1  Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2:2  And the things that thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

2:3  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

2:4  No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

2:5  And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.

2:6  The farmer that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

2:7  Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

2:8  Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

2:9  In which I suffer trouble, as an evildoer, even to bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

2:10  Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2:11  It is a faithful saying: For if we are dead with him, we shall also live with him :

2:12  If we suffer, we shall also reign with him : if we deny him, he also will deny us:

2:13  If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

2:14  Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they contend not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

2:15  Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2:16  But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness.

2:17  And their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

2:18  Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

2:19  Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

2:20  But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

2:21  If a man therefore will cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, and fit for the master’s use, and prepared to every good work.

2:22  Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2:23  But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they produce quarrels.

2:24  And the servant of the Lord must not quarrel; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient,

2:25  In meekness instructing those that oppose him; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

2:26  And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.