2 Timothy 2:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain; 25 and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible; 26 I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air; 27 but I chastise my body, and bring `it' into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others -- I myself may become disapproved.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 `Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.
  • Rev 4:10 : 10 fall down do the twenty and four elders before Him who is sitting upon the throne, and bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;
  • Col 1:29 : 29 for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
  • Heb 2:7 : 7 Thou didst make him some little less than messengers, with glory and honour Thou didst crown him, and didst set him over the works of Thy hands,
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 and him who was made some little less than messengers we see -- Jesus -- because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.
  • Heb 12:4 : 4 Not yet unto blood did ye resist -- with the sin striving;
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 `Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:24-27
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    24have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

    25and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

    26I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

    27but I chastise my body, and bring `it' into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others -- I myself may become disapproved.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    80%

    6the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

  • 2 Tim 2:3-4
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    79%

    3thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

    4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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    14These things remind `them' of, testifying fully before the Lord -- not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

    15be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

  • Jas 1:12
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    12Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    69%

    7the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

    8henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

  • 2 Tim 2:24
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    24and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

  • Rom 2:7
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    7to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

  • Phil 3:12
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    12Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

  • Phil 3:14
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    14to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 3:14
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    14if of any one the work doth remain that he built on `it', a wage he shall receive;

  • 1 Tim 6:11-12
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    11and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

    12be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

  • Gal 6:8-9
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    8because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

    9and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;

  • Phil 2:16
    68%

    16the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

  • 1 Tim 4:8
    68%

    8for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

  • Col 1:29
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    29for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.

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    8and we have known that the law `is' good, if any one may use it lawfully;

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

  • 2 Cor 5:9
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    9Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;

  • Gal 6:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3for if any one doth think `himself' to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;

    4and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

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    18for the Writing saith, `An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and `Worthy `is' the workman of his reward.'

  • Jas 1:25
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    25and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
    67%

    20Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;

  • 1 Tim 6:3
    67%

    3if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words -- those of our Lord Jesus Christ -- and to the teaching according to piety,

  • Deut 20:6
    67%

    6`And who `is' the man that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not made it common? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.

  • 1 Tim 3:3
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    3not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

  • 1 Pet 4:15
    67%

    15for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5(and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

  • 2 Thess 1:5
    67%

    5a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

  • Heb 12:4
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    4Not yet unto blood did ye resist -- with the sin striving;

  • 2 Tim 4:5
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    5And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

  • 1 Pet 2:19
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    19for this `is' gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

  • 2 Cor 6:5
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    5in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

  • 1 Pet 5:4
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    4and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

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    7who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

  • Exod 21:18
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    18`And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;