2 Timothy 3:10 (LSB)

Passage

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, disqualified in regard to the faith.

2 Timothy 3:9 But they will not make further progress, for their folly will be obvious to all, just as theirs was also.

2 Timothy 3:10 But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,

2 Timothy 3:11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. What persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!

2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "purpose", "faith", "followed", "teaching", "conduct", "patience", "love", and "perseverance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "purpose" and "faith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "But they will not make further progress..." into verse 11's "persecutions and sufferings such as happened to...", so "purpose" and "faith" 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 "purpose" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.