2 Timothy 2:3

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“Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”

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BSBPD

“Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Timothy 2:3 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
  2. Acts 23:31So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
  3. 1 Corinthians 13:7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
  4. 2 Corinthians 1:6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
  5. 2 Corinthians 10:3For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
  6. Ephesians 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
  7. 1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
  8. 2 Timothy 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
  9. 2 Timothy 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
  10. 2 Timothy 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
  11. 2 Timothy 4:5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
  12. Hebrews 6:15And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
  13. Hebrews 10:32Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
  14. Hebrews 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
  15. Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  16. James 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

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