2 Timothy 4:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Σὺ δὲ νῆφε ἐν πάσιν, κακοπάθησον, ἔργον ποίησον εὐαγγελιστοῦ, τὴν διακονίαν σου πληροφόρησον.

Transliteration

You de nēphe in all, kakopathēson, ergon poiēson euangelistou, the diakonian of you plērophorēson.

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*nēphe*: imperative, present active, 2nd person singular - be sober/vigilant/alert
*kakopathēson*: imperative, aorist active, 2nd person singular - endure hardship/suffer
*ergon*: noun, accusative neuter singular - work/deed
*poiēson*: imperative, aorist active, 2nd person singular - do/perform/accomplish
*euangelistou*: noun, genitive masculine singular - of evangelist
*diakonian*: noun, accusative feminine singular - ministry/service
*plērophorēson*: imperative, aorist active, 2nd person singular - fulfill completely/carry out fully

Word Meanings

*nēphe*: be sober/vigilant/watchful/clear-headed
*kakopathēson*: endure hardship/suffer/endure affliction
*ergon*: work/deed/task
*poiēson*: do/perform/accomplish/make
*euangelistou*: evangelist/proclaimer of good news
*diakonian*: ministry/service/office
*plērophorēson*: fulfill completely/accomplish fully/carry out fully

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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;
2 Tim 2:3 : 3 {G4771} {G3767} Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
Acts 21:8 : 8 And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him.
Col 4:17 : 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
1 Thess 5:6 : 6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
1 Tim 4:15 : 15 Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.
Acts 20:30-31 : 30 and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.
Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
2 Tim 3:10-12 : 10 But thou didst follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience, 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.
Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit [to them]: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this [were] unprofitable for you.
1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Rev 3:2 : 2 Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.
Col 1:25 : 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,
2 Tim 2:10 : 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.
Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,
Jer 6:17 : 17 And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
Ezek 3:17 : 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Ezek 33:2 : 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;
Ezek 33:7 : 7 So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Mark 13:34 : 34 [ It is] as [when] a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, {G2532} commanded also the porter to watch.
Mark 13:37 : 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.
Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest. 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

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