2 Timothy 4:15 (GNV)

Passage

Of whome be thou ware also: for he withstoode our preaching sore.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou commest, bring with thee, and the bookes, but specially the parchments.

2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much euill: the Lord rewarde him according to his workes.

2 Timothy 4:15 Of whome be thou ware also: for he withstoode our preaching sore.

2 Timothy 4:16 At my first answering no man assisted me, but all forsooke me: I pray God, that it may not be laide to their charge.

2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully beleeued, and that al the Gentiles should heare: and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the lion.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whome", "thou", "ware", "withstoode", "preaching", and "sore". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whome" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much..." into verse 16's "At my first answering no man assisted...", so "whome" and "thou" 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 "whome" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.