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2 Timothy 2:8–11

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Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
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From verse 8

  1. Acts 2:24Rank 1 from verse 8
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    24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

  2. Romans 2:16Rank 2 from verse 8
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    16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:11–20Rank 3 from verse 8
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    11Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

    12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

    13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

    14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

    15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

    16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

    17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

    18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

    19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

    20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

  4. 2 Thessalonians 2:14Rank 4 from verse 8
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    14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  5. Matthew 1:1Rank 5 from verse 8
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    1THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  6. 1 Corinthians 15:4Rank 6 from verse 8
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    4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

  7. 1 Timothy 2:7Rank 7 from verse 8
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    7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

  8. Hebrews 12:2–3Rank 8 from verse 8
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

    3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

  9. Romans 1:3–4Rank 9 from verse 8
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    3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

    4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

  10. Revelation 5:5Rank 10 from verse 8
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    5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

  11. 1 Corinthians 15:1Rank 11 from verse 8
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    1MOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

  12. 1 Timothy 1:11Rank 12 from verse 8
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    11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

  13. Acts 13:23Rank 13 from verse 8
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    23Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

  14. Acts 2:30Rank 14 from verse 8
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    30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

  15. Luke 24:46Rank 15 from verse 8
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    46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

  16. Romans 16:25Rank 16 from verse 8
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    25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

From verse 9

  1. Acts 28:31Rank 1 from verse 9
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    31Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

  2. 2 Timothy 1:8Rank 2 from verse 9
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    8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

  3. Philippians 1:7Rank 3 from verse 9
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    7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

  4. Ephesians 6:19–20Rank 4 from verse 9
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    19And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

    20For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

  5. Colossians 4:3Rank 5 from verse 9
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    3Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

  6. 2 Timothy 4:17Rank 6 from verse 9
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    17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

  7. 1 Peter 2:12Rank 7 from verse 9
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    12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  8. 1 Peter 4:15Rank 8 from verse 9
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

  9. 2 Thessalonians 3:1Rank 9 from verse 9
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    1FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

  10. 2 Timothy 1:12Rank 10 from verse 9
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    12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

  11. Acts 9:16Rank 11 from verse 9
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    16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

  12. Colossians 4:18Rank 12 from verse 9
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    18The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

  13. Ephesians 3:1Rank 13 from verse 9
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    1FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

  14. 1 Peter 2:14Rank 14 from verse 9
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    14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

  15. 1 Peter 3:16Rank 15 from verse 9
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    16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

  16. 2 Timothy 1:16Rank 16 from verse 9
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    16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

  17. Philippians 1:12–14Rank 17 from verse 9
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    12But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

    13So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

    14And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

From verse 10

  1. 1 Peter 5:10Rank 1 from verse 10
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    10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

  2. Colossians 1:24Rank 2 from verse 10
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    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

  3. 2 Corinthians 1:6Rank 3 from verse 10
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    6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

  4. 2 Timothy 2:3Rank 4 from verse 10
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    3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

  5. 1 Corinthians 9:22Rank 5 from verse 10
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    22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

  6. 1 Peter 2:10Rank 6 from verse 10
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    10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 5:9Rank 7 from verse 10
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    9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

  8. 1 Timothy 1:13–14Rank 8 from verse 10
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    13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

    14And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

  9. 2 Corinthians 4:15Rank 9 from verse 10
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    15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

  10. 2 Corinthians 4:17Rank 10 from verse 10
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    17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

  11. Colossians 1:27Rank 11 from verse 10
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    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  12. Ephesians 3:13Rank 12 from verse 10
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    13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

  13. John 11:52Rank 13 from verse 10
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    52And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

  14. John 17:24Rank 14 from verse 10
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    24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

  15. John 17:9Rank 15 from verse 10
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    9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

  16. Romans 2:7Rank 16 from verse 10
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    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

  17. Romans 9:23Rank 17 from verse 10
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    23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

  18. Matthew 24:22Rank 18 from verse 10
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    22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

  19. Matthew 24:24Rank 19 from verse 10
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    24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

  20. Matthew 24:31Rank 20 from verse 10
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    31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

  21. Proverbs 8:35Rank 21 from verse 10
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    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

  22. 2 Thessalonians 2:14Rank 22 from verse 10
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    14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

From verse 11

  1. Romans 6:8Rank 1 from verse 11
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    8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

  2. Colossians 3:3–4Rank 2 from verse 11
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    3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

    4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

  3. Romans 6:5Rank 3 from verse 11
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    5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

  4. 1 Timothy 1:15Rank 4 from verse 11
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    15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

  5. 2 Corinthians 4:10Rank 5 from verse 11
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    10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

  6. John 14:19Rank 6 from verse 11
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    19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 5:10Rank 7 from verse 11
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    10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

  8. 2 Corinthians 13:4Rank 8 from verse 11
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    4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

  9. Galatians 2:19–20Rank 9 from verse 11
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    19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

    20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

  10. 1 Thessalonians 4:17Rank 10 from verse 11
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    17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

  11. Titus 3:8Rank 11 from verse 11
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    8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

  12. 1 Timothy 3:1Rank 12 from verse 11
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    1THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Timothy 2:8

COMBINED MEANING

remember

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1. To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. 2. To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. 3. To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.

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Jesus Christ

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The eternal Word and Son of God, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

seed

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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

raised

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of raise. Sense 1: To rouse; to stir up. Sense 2: To lift or set upright. Sense 3: To exalt. Sense 4: To build or produce. Sense 5: To call forth. Sense 6: To restore to life.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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COMBINED MEANING

gospel

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Good news or glad tidings; especially the proclaimed word of God concerning Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation, including that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

2 Timothy 2:9

COMBINED MEANING

suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

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trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

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COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

doer

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One who performs what is required; one who observes, keeps or obeys, in practice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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COMBINED MEANING

bonds

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Sense 1: Binding ties or obligations. Sense 2: Conditions of servitude, restraint, or captivity.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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bound

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1. Tied, fastened, wrapped, bandaged, joined, confined, or restrained, literally or figuratively. 2. Placed under a vow, law, duty, obligation, or determined course. 3. Directed or travelling toward a stated place. 4. A limit or boundary.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Timothy 2:10

COMBINED MEANING

endure

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1. To continue, remain, last, or abide. 2. To bear, tolerate, withstand, or undergo. 3. To persevere without giving way.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

elect

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Sense 1: Chosen or selected. Sense 2: As a noun, one or more who are chosen.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sakes

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Causes, interests, or benefits; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of the persons or things named.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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2 Timothy 2:11

COMBINED MEANING

faithful

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Sense 1: Trustworthy, dependable, steadfast, loyal, true, or consistent in keeping word, covenant, duty, witness, or service. Sense 2: Believing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

live

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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2:1THOU therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2:2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

2:3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

2:4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

2:5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

2:6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

2:7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

2:8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

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2:9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

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2:10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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2:11It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

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2:12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

2:13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

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