2 Timothy · American Standard Version (1901)
2 Timothy 2 American Standard Version (1901)
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1 Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
1 Σὺ οὖν, τέκνον μου, ἐνδυναμοῦ ἐν τῇ χάριτι τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
2 καὶ ἃ ἤκουσας παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διὰ πολλῶν μαρτύρων, ταῦτα παράθου πιστοῖς ἀνθρώποις, οἵτινες ἱκανοὶ ἔσονται καὶ ἑτέρους διδάξαι.
3 Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
3 σὺ οὖν κακοπάθησον ὡς καλὸς στρατιώτης Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
4 No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
4 οὐδεὶς στρατευόμενος ἐμπλέκεται ταῖς τοῦ βίου πραγματείαις, ἵνα τῷ στρατολογήσαντι ἀρέσῃ.
5 And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
5 ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀθλῇ τις, οὐ στεφανοῦται, ἐὰν μὴ νομίμως ἀθλήσῃ.
6 The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
6 τὸν κοπιῶντα γεωργὸν δεῖ πρῶτον τῶν καρπῶν μεταλαμβάνειν.
7 Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.
7 νόει ἃ λέγω· δῴη γάρ σοι ὁ Κύριος σύνεσιν ἐν πᾶσι.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:
8 Μνημόνευε Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐγηγερμένον ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυΐδ, κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου,
9 wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.
9 ἐν ᾧ κακοπαθῶ μέχρι δεσμῶν ὡς κακοῦργος· ἀλλ᾽ ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται.
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
10 διὰ τοῦτο πάντα ὑπομένω διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ σωτηρίας τύχωσι τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ μετὰ δόξης αἰωνίου.
11 Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
11 Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἰ γὰρ συναπεθάνομεν, καὶ συζήσομεν·
12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
12 εἰ ὑπομένομεν, καὶ συμβασιλεύσομεν· εἰ ἀρνούμεθα, κἀκεῖνος ἀρνήσεται ἡμᾶς·
13 if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
13 εἰ ἀπιστοῦμεν, ἐκεῖνος πιστὸς μένει· ἀρνήσασθαι ἑαυτὸν οὐ δύναται.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging [them] in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.
14 Ταῦτα ὑπομίμνησκε, διαμαρτυρόμενος ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου μὴ λογομαχεῖν εἰς οὐδὲν χρήσιμον, ἐπὶ καταστροφῇ τῶν ἀκουόντων.
15 Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
15 σπούδασον σεαυτὸν δόκιμον παραστῆσαι τῷ Θεῷ, ἐργάτην ἀνεπαίσχυντον, ὀρθοτομοῦντα τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας.
16 But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
16 τὰς δὲ βεβήλους κενοφωνίας περιΐστασο· ἐπὶ πλεῖον γὰρ προκόψουσιν ἀσεβείας,
17 and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
17 καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτῶν ὡς γάγγραινα νομὴν ἕξει· ὧν ἐστιν Ὑμέναιος καὶ Φιλητός,
18 men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.
18 οἵτινες περὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἠστόχησαν, λέγοντες τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἤδη γεγονέναι, καὶ ἀνατρέπουσι τήν τινων πίστιν.
19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
19 ὁ μέντοι στερεὸς θεμέλιος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἕστηκεν, ἔχων τὴν σφραγῖδα ταύτην· ἔγνω Κύριος τοὺς ὄντας αὐτοῦ· καί· ἀποστήτω ἀπὸ ἀδικίας πᾶς ὁ ὀνομάζων τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου.
20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor.
20 ἐν μεγάλῃ δὲ οἰκίᾳ οὐκ ἔστι μόνον σκεύη χρυσᾶ καὶ ἀργυρᾶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ξύλινα καὶ ὀστράκινα, καὶ ἃ μὲν εἰς τιμήν, ἃ δὲ εἰς ἀτιμίαν.
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master’s use, prepared unto every good work.
21 ἐὰν οὖν τις ἐκκαθάρῃ ἑαυτὸν ἀπὸ τούτων, ἔσται σκεῦος εἰς τιμήν, ἡγιασμένον καὶ εὔχρηστον τῷ δεσπότῃ, εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἡτοιμασμένον.
22 But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
22 τὰς δὲ νεωτερικὰς ἐπιθυμίας φεῦγε, δίωκε δὲ δικαιοσύνην, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, εἰρήνην μετὰ τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων τὸν Κύριον ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας.
23 But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.
23 τὰς δὲ μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι γεννῶσι μάχας·
24 And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
24 δοῦλον δὲ Κυρίου οὐ δεῖ μάχεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἤπιον εἶναι πρὸς πάντας, διδακτικόν, ἀνεξίκακον,
25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
25 ἐν πρᾳότητι παιδεύοντα τοὺς ἀντιδιατιθεμένους, μήποτε δῷ αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς μετάνοιαν εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας,
26 and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.
26 καὶ ἀνανήψωσιν ἐκ τῆς τοῦ διαβόλου παγίδος, ἐζωγρημένοι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ἐκείνου θέλημα.
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Philetus
Named with Hymenaeus as one whose teaching spreads like gangrene, claiming the resurrection had already happened.
Cited in the guide: 2 Timothy 2:17
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; 2 Timothy 1:7; Ephesians 6:10; Philippians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 16:13
- 2 2 Timothy 1:13–14; 1 Timothy 4:6; 1 Timothy 6:12; Malachi 2:7; Titus 1:5–9
- 3 Hebrews 12:2–3; James 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:5; 2 Timothy 1:8; Ephesians 6:11–18
- 4 1 Thessalonians 2:4; Luke 8:14; 2 Peter 2:20; 1 Corinthians 7:22–23; 1 Corinthians 9:25–26
- 5 1 Corinthians 9:24–27; Revelation 3:11; 2 Timothy 4:7–8; James 1:12; Colossians 1:29
- 6 Hebrews 10:36; 1 Corinthians 9:7–11; 1 Corinthians 3:6–9; John 4:35–38; Luke 10:2
- 7 James 1:5; 1 John 5:20; Genesis 41:38–39; Luke 24:45; Ephesians 1:17–18
- 8 Acts 2:24; Romans 2:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 15:11–20; Matthew 1:1
- 9 Acts 28:31; Philippians 1:7; 2 Timothy 1:8; Ephesians 6:19–20; Colossians 4:3
- 10 1 Peter 5:10; Colossians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Timothy 2:3; Colossians 1:27
- 11 Romans 6:8; Colossians 3:3–4; Romans 6:5; 1 Timothy 1:15; 2 Corinthians 4:10
- 12 Romans 8:17; Matthew 10:33; Revelation 20:4; Luke 12:9; Revelation 20:6
- 13 Numbers 23:19; Romans 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Titus 1:2
- 14 Titus 3:9–11; 2 Timothy 2:23; 2 Timothy 4:1; Romans 14:1; 1 Timothy 5:21
- 15 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 2 Peter 1:10; 1 Timothy 4:6; 2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Corinthians 5:9
- 16 Titus 3:9; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:7–8; Titus 1:14
- 17 1 Timothy 1:20; Nahum 3:15; James 5:3
- 18 1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Timothy 1:19; Hebrews 3:10; 1 Timothy 6:10; Matthew 22:29
- 19 John 10:14; 1 Corinthians 8:3; Nahum 1:7; 1 John 3:7–10; Numbers 16:5
- 20 Romans 9:21–23; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Timothy 3:15; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Ezra 1:6
- 21 Ephesians 2:10; 2 Timothy 3:17; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Psalm 119:9; 1 Peter 1:22
- 22 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Peter 3:11; 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Timothy 6:11; Psalm 119:9
- 23 2 Timothy 2:14; Titus 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:7; 1 Timothy 6:4–5; 1 Timothy 1:4
- 24 Titus 3:2; James 1:19–20; Titus 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:7; 1 Timothy 3:2–3
- 25 Acts 11:18; Galatians 6:1; 1 Timothy 2:4; 1 John 5:16; Acts 8:22
- 26 1 Timothy 3:7; Isaiah 49:25–26; Psalm 124:7; Colossians 1:13; Isaiah 42:6–7
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The young sailor at sea is inspired with great confidence, if the Master of the ship has been preserved in a shipwreck. For he will not consider that it is from his inexperience that he is exposed to the storm, but from the nature of things; and this has no little effect upon his mind.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
But those surgings in me required to find him at full leisure, that I might pour them out to him, but never were they able to find him so; and I heard him, indeed, every Lord's day, "rightly dividing the word of truth" among the people; and I was all the more convinced that all those knots of crafty calumnies, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… discourses with us, both in the Old Testament, and in the New; in the one saying, "O my people, what have I done unto thee?" in the other, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me." And Paul too bids, "In meekness instruct those that oppose themselves." And Christ again, when His disciples had come to Him, requiring fire to come down …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Paul also saith, Remember Jesus Christ raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Gospel: and in the beginning of the Epistle to the Romans he saith, Which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… but rather of the succour rendered "in the power of his might." For He Himself has bound the strong man and spoiled his goods, that is, us men, whom our enemy had abused in every evil activity, and made "vessels meet for the Master's use" us who have been perfected for every work through the making ready of that part …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)