2 Timothy 4:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of 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

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
• 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
• Acts 21:8 : 8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and 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 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• 1 Tim 4:15 : 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
• Acts 20:30-31 : 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
• Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
• 2 Tim 3:10-12 : 10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
• Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
• 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• Rev 3:2 : 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
• Col 1:25 : 25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• Rom 15:19 : 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
• Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
• Jer 6:17 : 17 Also 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, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
• Ezek 33:7 : 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
• Mark 13:34 : 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded 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 to sit down to meat, and will come forth 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 ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.