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2 Timothy 2:3-6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

3. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 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. 5. And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6. The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

2 Timothy 2:3-6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:3

Theological / Devotional

Endure hardness. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) the reading “suffer evil together with [someone, or others],” that is, “take your share of suffering” (RSV).

Good. Or, “first-class,” “excellent.”

Soldier. Compare Phil. 2:25; 1 Tim. 1:18. All the devotion and loyalty and physical stamina of a real soldier are prerequisite to genuine Christian leadership.

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