2 Timothy 2:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ μέντοι στερεὸς θεμέλιος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἕστηκεν, ἔχων τὴν σφραγῖδα ταύτην, Ἔγνω Κύριος τοὺς ὄντας αὐτοῦ. Καί, Ἀποστήτω ἀπὸ ἀδικίας πᾶς ὁ ὀνομάζων τὸ ὄνομα Χριστού.

Transliteration

The mentoi stereos themelios tou Theou hestēken, echōn tēn sphragida tautēn, Egnō Kyrios tous ontas autou. And, Apostētō apo adikias pas ho onomazōn to onoma Christou.

Grammar Details

• *Ho*: definite article, nominative, masculine, singular - the
• *mentoi*: adversative particle - nevertheless/however
• *stereos*: nominative, masculine, singular, adjective - firm
• *themelios*: nominative, masculine, singular - foundation
• *tou*: definite article, genitive, masculine, singular - of the
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *hestēken*: perfect, indicative, active, 3rd singular - has stood
• *echōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having
• *tēn*: definite article, accusative, feminine, singular - the
• *sphragida*: accusative, feminine, singular - seal
• *tautēn*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular - this
• *Egnō*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd singular - knew
• *Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *tous*: definite article, accusative, masculine, plural - the
• *ontas*: present, participle, active, accusative, masculine, plural - being
• *autou*: personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - of him
• *Kai*: conjunction - and
• *Apostētō*: aorist, imperative, active, 3rd singular - let depart
• *apo*: preposition + genitive - from
• *adikias*: genitive, feminine, singular - unrighteousness
• *pas*: adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone
• *ho*: definite article, nominative, masculine, singular - the one
• *onomazōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - naming
• *to*: definite article, accusative, neuter, singular - the
• *onoma*: accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ

Word Meanings

• *mentoi*: nevertheless/however/yet
• *stereos*: firm/solid/sure
• *themelios*: foundation/basis
• *hestēken*: has stood/stands firm/remains
• *sphragida*: seal/mark/stamp
• *Egnō*: knew/has known/recognizes
• *ontas*: being/who are/belonging to
• *Apostētō*: let depart/withdraw/stand away from
• *adikias*: unrighteousness/wickedness/injustice
• *onomazōn*: naming/calling on/invoking

Referenced Verses

• John 10:14 : 14 I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,
• 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.
• 1 John 3:7-9 : 7 My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright; 8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One. 9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father. 10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
• Num 16:5 : 5 And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.
• John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me: 28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand. 29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
• Isa 28:16 : 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
• Nah 1:7 : 7 The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
• Luke 13:27 : 27 But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
• Rev 3:8 : 8 I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
• Rev 22:4 : 4 And they will see his face; and his name will be on their brows.
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I have knowledge that your living-place is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place.
• Col 3:5-8 : 5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods; 6 Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders; 7 Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things. 8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
• Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men, 12 Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life; 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
• 1 Pet 1:13-19 : 13 So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge: 15 But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; 16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy. 17 And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth: 18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction, 19 But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
• Eph 4:17-22 : 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, 18 Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard; 19 Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire. 20 For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you; 21 If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus: 22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
• Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
• Gal 4:9 : 9 But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?
• Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.
• Eph 5:1-9 : 1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children; 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell. 3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints; 4 And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise. 5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him. 7 Have no part with such men; 8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light 9 (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true), 10 Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord; 11 And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;
• 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.
• Rom 9:11 : 11 Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
• Rom 11:2 : 2 God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
• Num 6:27 : 27 So they will put my name on the children of Israel, and I will give them my blessing.
• Isa 63:19 : 19 We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.
• Isa 65:15 : 15 And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
• John 13:18 : 18 I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.
• Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.
• Acts 11:26 : 26 And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.
• Acts 15:17 : 17 So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
• Rom 8:31-35 : 31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things? 33 Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil; 34 Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part. 35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
• Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
• Ps 1:6 : 6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
• Ps 34:14 : 14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
• Ps 37:18 : 18 The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.
• Ps 37:27-28 : 27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever. 28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.
• Ps 97:10 : 10 You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.
• Ps 112:6 : 6 He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.
• Ps 125:1-2 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.
• Prov 3:7 : 7 Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:
• Prov 10:25 : 25 When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
• Isa 14:32 : 32 What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.
• Zech 3:9 : 9 For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.
• Zech 4:7-9 : 7 Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have put the base of this house in place, and his hands will make it complete; and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
• Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
• Matt 7:25 : 25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
• Mark 13:22 : 22 Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.
• Luke 6:48 : 48 He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
• Eph 3:15 : 15 From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
• Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the great deep, and to go into destruction. And those who are on the earth, whose names have not been put in the book of life from the first, will be full of wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and still will be.
• Rev 21:14 : 14 And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
• 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.
• 2 Pet 1:4-9 : 4 And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh. 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
• Heb 6:18-19 : 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false; 19 And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;
• Heb 11:10 : 10 For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
• Rom 15:9 : 9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.
• Rom 15:20 : 20 Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;
• 1 Cor 3:10-11 : 10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it. 11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
• Eph 2:20 : 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
• Hag 2:23 : 23 In that day, says the Lord of armies, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and will make you as a jewelled ring: for I have taken you to be mine, says the Lord of armies.