2 Timothy 2:9

American Standard Version (1901)

wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;
  • Acts 28:31 : 31 preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.
  • Col 4:3 : 3 withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
  • Eph 6:19-20 : 19 And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.
  • 2 Thess 3:1 : 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also [it is] with you;
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
  • 1 Pet 2:14 : 14 or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.
  • 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters:
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--
  • Col 4:18 : 18 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
  • Phil 1:12-14 : 12 Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel; 13 so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest; 14 and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • Phil 1:12-14
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    12 Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

    13 so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

    14 and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

  • 8 Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;

  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19 And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

    20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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    22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

    23 save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

    24 But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

  • 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

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    11 persecutions, sufferings. What things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.

    12 Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  • Phil 1:16-18
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    16 the one [do it] of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

    17 but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

    18 What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

  • Phil 1:28-30
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    28 and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

    29 because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

    30 having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

  • 3 Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

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    11 whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

    12 For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

  • 3 withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;

  • Phlm 1:8-9
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    8 Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

    9 yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

  • 2 Cor 4:8-9
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    8 [ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

    9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;

  • 29 And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.

  • Col 1:24-25
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    24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

    25 whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

  • 13 whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

  • 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

  • 16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

  • 2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

  • 17 Henceforth, let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.

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    16 At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.

    17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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    4 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

    5 [ which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

  • 19 For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

  • 5 But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

  • 10 Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  • 1 Cor 9:1-2
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    1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?

    2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

  • 1 For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

  • 2 Cor 6:4-5
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    4 but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

    5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

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    18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.

    19 For though I was free from all [men], I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.