{"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/ylt/2-timothy/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:29:13.948Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and 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;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"in which I suffer evil — unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that is in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Stedfast is the word: For if we died together — we also shall live together;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"if we do endure together — we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"These things remind them of, testifying fully before the Lord — not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"be diligent to present thyself approved to God — a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"sure, 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.'"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And 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:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"if, 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,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"in meekness instructing those opposing — if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Timothy 2 (YLT)","markdown":"[2 Timothy 2](https://primebible.com/ylt/2-timothy/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/2-timothy/2 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}