So the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.
2 Timothy 2:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Take [with me] your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus. American Standard Version (1901) Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Common English Bible Accept your share of suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Catholic Public Domain Version Labor like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. |
So the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer.
Timothy, my son, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the good fight,
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, for the sake of the promise of life in Christ Jesus:
So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.
This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
for which I suffer to the point of being bound like a criminal. But the word of God is not bound.
along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured #– #and yet the Lord rescued me from them all.
But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry.
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home.
Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.
By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees him who is invisible.
Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.