New English Translation
2 Timothy 2:11
11This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will also live with him.
2 Timothy 2:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
- New International Version (NIV)Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him;
- English Standard Version (ESV)The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
- New King James Version (NKJV)This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.
Context of 2 Timothy 2:11
9for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned! 10So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory. This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will also live with him. 12If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us. 13If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself.
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Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἰ γὰρ συναπεθάνομεν, καὶ συζήσομεν·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Timothy 2:11
- 1 Timothy 1:15This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!
- 1 Timothy 3:1This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”
- Romans 6:5For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.
- Galatians 2:19For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.
- Colossians 3:3for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- John 14:19In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.
Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11If we be dead with him - That is: As surely as Christ rose again from the dead, so surely shall we rise again; and if we die for him, we shall surely live again with him. This, says the apostle, is ̔ , a true doctrine. This is properly the import of the word; and we need not seek, as Bp. Tillotson and many others have done, for some saying of Christ which the apostle is supposed to be here quoting, and which he learned from tradition.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11It is a faithful saying - Or, rather, that which he was about to say was worthy of entire credence and profound attention; see the notes at 1 Timothy 1:15. The object is to encourage Timothy to bear trials by the hope of salvation. For if we be dead with him - see the notes at Romans 6:8. We shall also live with him - This was a sort of maxim, or a settled point, which is often referred to in the Bible; see the Romans 6:3-5 notes; John 11:25 note; 1…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Let suffering saints remember, and look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of their faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despised the shame, and is now set down at the right hand of the throne of God. We must not think it strange if the best men meet with the worst treatment; but this is cheering, that the word of God is not bound. Here we see the real and true cause of the apostle's suffering trouble in, or for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11a trustworthy saying: See study notes on 1 Timothy 1:15 and 2:5–6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Greek, "Faithful is the saying." For--"For" the fact is so that, "if we be dead with Him (the Greek aorist tense implies a state once for all entered into in past times at the moment of regeneration, Ro 6:3, 4, 8; Col 2:12), we shall also live with Him." The symmetrical form of "the saying," 2Ti 2:11-13, and the rhythmical balance of the parallel clauses, makes it likely, they formed part of a Church hymn (see on 1Ti 3:16), or accepted formula…Read the comment
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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
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