2 Timothy 2:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀθλῇ τις οὐ στεφανοῦται, ἐὰν μὴ νομίμως ἀθλήσῃ.

Transliteration

If de kai athlē tis not stephanoutai, if not nomimōs athlēsē.

Grammar Details

*Ean*: conditional conjunction - if
*de*: adversative particle - but/and/now
*kai*: conjunction - also/even
*athlē*: present, subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - competes
*tis*: indefinite pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - anyone/someone
*ou*: negative particle - not
*stephanoutai*: present, indicative, passive, 3rd singular - is crowned
*ean mē*: conditional negative - if not/unless
*nomimōs*: adverb - lawfully/according to rules
*athlēsē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - competes

Word Meanings

*athlē*: competes/contends/strives in contest
*stephanoutai*: is crowned/receives victor's wreath
*nomimōs*: lawfully/according to rules/legitimately
*athlēsē*: competes/contends/strives in contest

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things . Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Rev 3:11 : 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Rev 4:10 : 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Phil 1:15 : 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
Col 1:29 : 29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Heb 2:7 : 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Heb 12:4 : 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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