1 συ ουν, τεκνον μου, ενδυναμου εν τη χαριτι τη εν χριστω ιησου, 2 και α ηκουσας παρ εμου δια πολλων μαρτυρων, ταυτα παραθου πιστοις ανθρωποις, οιτινες ικανοι εσονται και ετερους διδαξαι. 3 συ ουν κακοπαθησον ως καλος στρατιωτης ιησου χριστου. 4 ουδεις στρατευομενος εμπλεκεται ταις του βιου πραγματειαις, ινα τω στρατολογησαντι αρεση. 5 εαν δε και αθλη τις, ου στεφανουται, εαν μη νομιμως αθληση. 6 τον κοπιωντα γεωργον δει πρωτον των καρπων μεταλαμβανειν. 7 νοει α λεγω· δωη γαρ σοι ο κυριος συνεσιν εν πασιν. 8 μνημονευε ιησουν χριστον εγηγερμενον εκ νεκρων, εκ σπερματος δαυιδ, κατα το ευαγγελιον μου, 9 εν ω κακοπαθω μεχρι δεσμων ως κακουργος· αλλ ο λογος του θεου ου δεδεται. 10 δια τουτο παντα υπομενω δια τους εκλεκτους, ινα και αυτοι σωτηριας τυχωσιν της εν χριστω ιησου μετα δοξης αιωνιου. 11 πιστος ο λογος· ει γαρ συναπεθανομεν, και συζησομεν· 12 ει υπομενομεν, και συμβασιλευσομεν· ει αρνουμεθα, κακεινος αρνησεται ημας· 13 ει απιστουμεν, εκεινος πιστος μενει· αρνησασθαι εαυτον ου δυναται. 14 ταυτα υπομιμνησκε, διαμαρτυρομενος ενωπιον του κυριου μη λογομαχειν εις ουδεν χρησιμον, επι καταστροφη των ακουοντων. 15 σπουδασον σεαυτον δοκιμον παραστησαι τω θεω, εργατην ανεπαισχυντον, ορθοτομουντα τον λογον της αληθειας. 16 τας δε βεβηλους κενοφωνιας περιιστασο· επι πλειον γαρ προκοψουσιν ασεβειας, 17 και ο λογος αυτων ως γαγγραινα νομην εξει· ων εστιν υμεναιος και φιλητος, 18 οιτινες περι την αληθειαν ηστοχησαν, λεγοντες την αναστασιν ηδη γεγονεναι, και ανατρεπουσιν την τινων πιστιν. 19 ο μεντοι στερεος θεμελιος του θεου εστηκεν, εχων την σφραγιδα ταυτην· εγνω κυριος τους οντας αυτου· και· αποστητω απο αδικιας πας ο ονομαζων το ονομα κυριου. 20 εν μεγαλη δε οικια ουκ εστιν μονον σκευη χρυσα και αργυρα, αλλα και ξυλινα και οστρακινα, και α μεν εις τιμην, α δε εις ατιμιαν. 21 εαν ουν τις εκκαθαρη εαυτον απο τουτων, εσται σκευος εις τιμην, ηγιασμενον και ευχρηστον τω δεσποτη, εις παν εργον αγαθον ητοιμασμενον. 22 τας δε νεωτερικας επιθυμιας φευγε, διωκε δε δικαιοσυνην, πιστιν, αγαπην, ειρηνην μετα των επικαλουμενων τον κυριον εκ καθαρας καρδιας. 23 τας δε μωρας και απαιδευτους ζητησεις παραιτου, ειδως οτι γεννωσιν μαχας· 24 δουλον δε κυριου ου δει μαχεσθαι, αλλ ηπιον ειναι προς παντας, διδακτικον, ανεξικακον, 25 εν πραοτητι παιδευοντα τους αντιδιατιθεμενους, μηποτε δω αυτοις ο θεος μετανοιαν εις επιγνωσιν αληθειας, 26 και ανανηψωσιν εκ της του διαβολου παγιδος, εζωγρημενοι υπ αυτου εις το εκεινου θελημα.
2 Timothy · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
2 Timothy 2 Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
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- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
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Hymenaeus
A man who shipwrecked his faith; Paul handed him over to Satan to learn not to blaspheme, and he taught that the resurrection had already happened.
Cited in the guide: 1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Timothy 2:17
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)
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- 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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What the Fathers said
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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)