2 Timothy 2

1So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.

1Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus,

2And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

2and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

3Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

3thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

4A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

5And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

5and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

6It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

6the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

7Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.

7be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.

8Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:

8Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

9In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

9in which I suffer evil--unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

10But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

10because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

11This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

11Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: For if we died together--we also shall live together;

12If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

12if we do endure together--we shall also reign together; if we deny <FI>him<Fi> , he also shall deny us;

13If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.

13if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

14Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

14These things remind <FI>them<Fi> of, testifying fully before the Lord--not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

15Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

15be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

16But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

16and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

17And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;

17and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

18Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.

18who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

19But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

19sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness--every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

20Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.

20And 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:

21If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

21if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master--to every good work having been prepared,

22But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

22and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

23And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

23and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

24For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

24and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

25Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

25in meekness instructing those opposing--if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

26And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.

26and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.