2 Timothy 2:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

2 Timothy 2:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. …
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: …
Colossians 1:29
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

Here Paul encourages Timothy to constancy and perseverance in his work: Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 Tim. 2:1. Observe, Those who have work to do for God must stir up themselves to do it, and strengthen themselves for it. Being strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus may be understood in opposition to the weakness of grace. Where there is the truth of grace there must be a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. And--“Moreover.” strive for masteries--“strive in the games” [Alford]; namely, the great national games of Greece. yet is he not crowned, except--even though he gain the victory. strive lawfully--observing all the conditions of both the contest (keeping within the bounds of the course and stript of his clothes) and the preparation for it, namely, as to self-denying diet, anointing, exercise, se…