2 Timothy 2:24

2 Timothy 2:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
• New International Version (NIV)And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

Context of 2 Timothy 2:24

22Be careful not to do the kind of bad things that young people often want to do. Instead, always try to do what is right and fair. Continue to trust God. Love other people and live in peace with them. Join with people who are clean inside and who pray to the Lord. 23Do not join with people who want to argue about silly things that do not mean anything. You know that silly things like that only cause people to quarrel. As the Lord's servant, you must not quarrel. Instead, you must be kind to everyone. You must be able to teach them well. And you must be patient when people cause you to have trouble. 25When people speak against God's true message, teach them carefully. Help them to understand what is right. Maybe God will change how they think so that they believe the true message. 26Their minds will start to think clearly. It is the Devil who has made them believe wrong things. He has made them do what he wants. Now they can get free from his power.

2 Timothy 2:24 word by word

δοῦλον δὲ κυρίου οὐ δεῖ μάχεσθαι ἀλλ᾽ ἤπιον εἶναι πρὸς πάντας, διδακτικόν, ἀνεξίκακον,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• the servantδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• mustδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• notοὐou · noG3756
• striveμάχομαιmachomai · to quarrelG3164
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• gentleἤπιοςēpios · gentleG2261
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• apt to teachδιδακτικόςdidaktikos · able to teachG1317
• patientἀνεξίκακοςanexikakos · not resentfulG420

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 2:24

• Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses, the Lord's servant, died there in Moab. The Lord had said that this would happen.
• Joshua 1:1The Lord's servant, Moses, had died. Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, son of Nun, who had helped Moses in his work.
• 2 Chronicles 24:6So the king told Jehoiada, the leader of the priests, to come to him. He said to him, ‘You have not told the Levites to bring the money that the people of Judah and Jerusalem have given. Why have you not done that? The Lord's servant Moses and all Israel's people made the rule that people should give the money each year. It would be a tax to help with the tent of God's covenant.’
• Daniel 6:20When he got near to the cave, he was very upset. He shouted to Daniel, ‘Daniel, you have continued to worship the living God, as his servant. Was your God able to save you from the lions?’
• 1 Timothy 6:11But you, Timothy, are a servant of God. So keep away from all bad things like that. Instead, always try to do what is right. Serve God in a way that pleases him. Choose to trust God and to love other people. Continue to be strong when you have trouble. Be kind to people.
• James 1:1This letter is from me, James. I am a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the 12 tribes of God's people who live in many different parts of the world. I say ‘hello’ to all of you.
• Matthew 12:19He will not argue with people. He will not shout at them. People will not hear his loud voice in the streets.
• Acts 15:2Paul and Barnabas did not agree with these men. They argued strongly against them. As a result, the believers in Antioch decided what to do. They chose Paul, Barnabas and some of the other believers to go to Jerusalem. They should go to meet with the apostles and the other leaders of the believers. The leaders should decide who was right in this quarrel.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4It is like we are fighting in a war, but we do not use human weapons. Instead we use God's weapons. Those weapons are powerful enough to destroy the enemy's strong places. We use those weapons to destroy people's wrong ideas.
• Philippians 2:3In the way that you live, do not just try to help yourself. Do not be proud. Instead, respect other people. Think about other people as more important than yourself.
• 1 Timothy 3:3He should not drink too much wine. He must not get angry quickly or quarrel with people. Instead he should be kind to people. He must not want lots of money.
• James 1:19Understand this, my Christian friends: We must all be careful to listen. We should not be too quick to speak. We should not get angry quickly.
• Jude 1:3My friends, I wanted very much to write to you about how God has saved us from sin. That is what he has done for you and for us. But instead of that, I now know that I must write to you about something else. I must tell you to be strong and brave. You must do everything that you can to keep God's true message safe. God has given this message to his special people and his message will never change. Do not let anyone teach you a different message.
• John 6:52Then the Jewish leaders became angry and they argued with each other even more. They said, ‘This man cannot give his body to us so that we can eat it!’
• Acts 7:26On the next day, Moses saw two Israelite men. They were fighting each other. He tried to make them become friends. He said to them, “Listen to me, men. You are both in the family of Israel. You should not hurt each other.”
• Acts 23:9The Sadducees and the Pharisees began to shout louder and louder against each other. There were some teachers of God's Law who were in the group of Pharisees. They stood up in the meeting and they said, ‘We do not believe that this man has done anything wrong. What he says may be true. A spirit or an angel may have spoken to him.’

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The servant of the Lord must not strive - See on 1 Timothy 3:2; (note), 1 Timothy 3:3; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And the servant of the Lord - Referring here primarily to the Christian minister, but applicable to all Christians; for all profess to be the servants of the Lord. Must not strive - He may calmly inquire after truth; he may discuss points of morals, or theology, if he will do it with a proper spirit; he may “contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints” Jude 1:3; but he may not do that which is here mentioned as strife. The Greek word - ́…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-26Verses 22-26 The more we follow that which is good, the faster and the further we shall flee from that which is evil. The keeping up the communion of saints, will take us from fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness. See how often the apostle cautions against disputes in religion; which surely shows that religion consists more in believing and practising what God requires, than in subtle disputes. Those are unapt to teach, who are apt to strive, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24a servant of the Lord: See Titus 1:1; compare with Isaiah 42:1–2; 50:6; 53:7; Matthew 12:14–21. must be … able to teach, and forbearing: See 1 Timothy 3:2–3; Titus 3:2.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. not strive--"The servant of the Lord" must imitate his master in not striving contentiously, though uncompromising in earnestly contending for the faith (Jude 3; Mt 12:19). gentle unto all men--"patient" (Greek, "patient in bearing wrongs") in respect to adversaries. He is to be gentle so that he may occasion no evils; patient so that he may endure evils. apt to teach--implying not only solid teaching and ease in teaching, but patience and assiduity…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 2:24

• Commandments
• Gentleness
• Meekness
• Minister, Christian
• Patience
• Righteous
• Strife

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Approved
• Commit
• Deny
• Eat
• Endure
• Entangle
• Eternal
• Faithful
• Foolish

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings