2 Timothy 2:11 (GNV)

Passage

It is a true saying, For if we be dead together with him, we also shall liue together with him.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble as an euill doer, euen vnto bondes: but the worde of God is not bounde.

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I suffer all things, for the elects sake, that they might also obtaine the saluation which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie.

2 Timothy 2:11 It is a true saying, For if we be dead together with him, we also shall liue together with him.

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reigne together with him: if we denie him, he also will denie vs.

2 Timothy 2:13 If we beleeue not, yet abideth he faithfull: he cannot denie himselfe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "true", "saying", "dead", "together", "shall", and "liue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "true" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Therefore I suffer all things for the..." into verse 12's "If we suffer we shall also reigne...", so "true" and "saying" 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 "true" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.