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2 Tim. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

Thou therefore, my son, bea strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Josh. 1:7• ⁷Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. (Josh. 1:7)

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Eph. 6:10• ¹⁰For the rest, my brethren, be strengthened in [the] Lord and in the strength of his might. (Eph. 6:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

1-16: Timothy is exhorted again to constancy and perseverance, and to do the duty of a faithful servant of the Lord in dividing the word aright, and staying profane and vain babblings.

17-18: Of Hymenaeus and Philetus.

19-21: The foundation of the Lord is sure.

22-26: He is taught whereof to beware, and what to follow after, and in what manner the servant of the Lord ought to behave himself.

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2 Tim. 1:2• ²to Timotheus [my] beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (2 Tim. 1:2)

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1 Tim. 1:2,18• ²to Timothy, genuine child in faith: grace, mercy, peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
¹⁸This charge I commit to thee, child Timothy, according to the prophecies on thee going before, that by them thou mightest war the good warfare, (1 Tim. 1:2,18)

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2 Tim. 1:7• ⁷For God gave us not a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and love, and sobriety of mind. (2 Tim. 1:7)

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Hag. 2:4• ⁴Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts: (Hag. 2:4)

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1 Cor. 16:13• ¹³Watch, stand in the faith, play the man, be strong. (1 Cor. 16:13)

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2 Cor. 12:9‑10• ⁹and he hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me.
¹⁰Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Cor. 12:9‑10)

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Eph. 6:10• ¹⁰For the rest, my brethren, be strengthened in [the] Lord and in the strength of his might. (Eph. 6:10)

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Phil. 4:13• ¹³In all things I am strong in him that empowereth me. (Phil. 4:13)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: to him [be] the glory both now and unto eternity's day. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)

• Timothy was to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus—the grace given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began—that grace of which Christ in His incarnation and death, was and is the expression, and which is stored up in Him (see 2 Cor. 8:9). (“Exposition of 2 Timothy: 2 Timothy 2:1-7” by E. Dennett)

• Nor do we find anywhere the man of God called to more full and unhesitating courage than in this epistle, which is the testimony of the failure and ruin of the assembly. (“2 Timothy 2” by J.N. Darby)

• At a time when so many were turning their backs upon God's chosen vessel of the truth, surely some degree of severity, some little sharpness, would be advisable to recall the saints to a sense of their responsibility before God in acknowledging the authority of His servant. Such might have been the thoughts of man; the thoughts of God were of another kind. Timothy was to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (article #86480)

• It means that he was to be strengthened inwardly by this grace, and that so he would be best prepared to stand in an evil day, and to cope with its prevailing evils. (article #86480)

J. N. Darby Translation

Thou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.

W. Kelly Translation

Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.