2 Timothy 2:3 (KJV)

Passage

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

2 Timothy 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

2 Timothy 2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "therefore", "endure", "hardness", "good", "soldier", "jesus", and "christ". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "And the things that thou hast heard..." into verse 4's "No man that warreth entangleth himself with...", so "thou" and "therefore" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.