2 Timothy 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward. 25 And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown. 26 So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air: 27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.
  • Rev 4:10 : 10 The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:
  • Col 1:29 : 29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith: 8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
  • Heb 2:7 : 7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.
  • Heb 12:4 : 4 Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:24-27
    4 verses
    84%

    24 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

    25 And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

    26 So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

    27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    80%

    6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

  • 2 Tim 2:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

    4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

    15 Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

  • Jas 1:12
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    12 There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

  • 2 Tim 2:21
    69%

    21 If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    69%

    7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

    8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

  • 2 Tim 2:24
    69%

    24 For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

  • Rom 2:7
    69%

    7 To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

  • Phil 3:12
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    12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
    69%

    58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

  • Phil 3:14
    69%

    14 I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 3:14
    68%

    14 If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.

  • 1 Tim 6:11-12
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    11 But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

    12 Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

  • Gal 6:8-9
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    68%

    8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

    9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

  • Phil 2:16
    68%

    16 Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
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    8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

  • Col 1:29
    68%

    29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

  • 1 Tim 1:8
    68%

    8 We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it,

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5 But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

  • 2 Cor 5:9
    67%

    9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

  • 2 John 1:8
    67%

    8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

  • Gal 6:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.

    4 But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    67%

    18 For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

  • Jas 1:25
    67%

    25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
    67%

    20 Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

  • 1 Tim 6:3
    67%

    3 If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,

  • Deut 20:6
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    6 Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit.

  • 1 Tim 3:3
    67%

    3 Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

  • 1 Pet 4:15
    67%

    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;

  • 1 Tim 3:5
    67%

    5 (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

  • 2 Thess 1:5
    67%

    5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

  • 2 Pet 1:10
    67%

    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:

  • 2 Thess 3:10
    67%

    10 For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

  • Heb 12:4
    67%

    4 Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

  • 2 Tim 4:5
    67%

    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.

  • 1 Pet 2:19
    67%

    19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

  • 2 Cor 6:5
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    5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;

  • 1 Pet 5:4
    67%

    4 And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
    67%

    7 Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

  • Exod 21:18
    67%

    18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;