📖WEB · 2 Timothy 2:3

What does 2 Timothy 2:3 mean?

"You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus."

— 2 Timothy 2:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

3

You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

4

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

5

Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

6

The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops.

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