{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/2-timothy/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T03:20:39.362Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"2 Timothy","bookSlug":"2-timothy","chapter":2,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Suffer hardship with me , as a good soldier of Christ Jesus."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: or whom is Hymenaeus an Philetus;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Timothy 2 (ASV)","markdown":"[2 Timothy 2](https://primebible.com/asv/2-timothy/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/2-timothy/2 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}