2 Timothy 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ οὖν ἐπαισχυνθῇς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, μηδὲ ἐμὲ τὸν δέσμιον αὐτοῦ: ἀλλὰ συγκακοπάθησον τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ κατὰ δύναμιν Θεοῦ·

Transliteration

Not therefore epaischynthēs the martyrion of the Kyriou of us, nor me the desmion of him: but synkakopathēson with the euangeliō according to dynamin Theou;

Grammar Details

• *epaischynthēs*: aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd singular - you should be ashamed
• *martyrion*: accusative, neuter, singular - direct object
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possession
• *hēmōn*: genitive, 1st plural - possession
• *eme*: accusative, 1st singular - direct object
• *desmion*: accusative, masculine, singular - apposition to eme
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possession
• *synkakopathēson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - suffer together with
• *euangeliō*: dative, neuter, singular - association/accompaniment
• *dynamin*: accusative, feminine, singular - object of preposition
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - source/possession

Word Meanings

• *epaischynthēs*: be ashamed of/feel shame about
• *martyrion*: testimony/witness/evidence
• *desmion*: prisoner/captive/one in chains
• *synkakopathēson*: suffer hardship with/endure affliction together/share in suffering
• *euangeliō*: gospel/good news
• *dynamin*: power/strength/ability

Referenced Verses

• Mark 8:38 : 38 Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
• 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
• 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.
• Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
• Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
• 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;
• 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thess 3:4 : 4 And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
• 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
• 1 Pet 4:13-15 : 13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy. 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you. 15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;
• Rom 8:17-18 : 17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory. 18 I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me. 10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
• Phil 1:7 : 7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
• Phil 3:10 : 10 That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;
• Eph 3:13 : 13 For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.
• Eph 4:1 : 1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
• Rom 9:33 : 33 As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
• Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,
• Luke 9:26 : 26 For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
• John 19:35 : 35 And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.
• Ps 119:46 : 46 So that I may give knowledge of your unchanging word before kings, and not be put to shame.
• Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.
• 2 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him: 12 If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
• Rev 1:2 : 2 Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
• Isa 51:7 : 7 Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.
• John 15:27 : 27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.
• 1 Cor 1:6 : 6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame. 11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place; 12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly; 13 When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.
• 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
• 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death. 24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one. 25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water; 26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers; 27 In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
• Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;
• Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.
• Col 1:11 : 11 Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...