Join with me in suffering,(A) like a good soldier(B) of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.

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You therefore must (A)endure[a] hardship (B)as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (C)No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:3 NU You must share

Take your share of suffering[a] as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please[b] the one who recruited him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:3 tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me and others in suffering” (cf. 1:8).
  2. 2 Timothy 2:4 tn Grk “that he may please.”