2 Timothy 3:10 (WEB)

Passage

But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 3:8 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.

2 Timothy 3:9 But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

2 Timothy 3:10 But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

2 Timothy 3:11 persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.

2 Timothy 3:12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "purpose", "faith", "follow", "teaching", "conduct", "patience", "love", and "steadfastness". 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 proceed no further For..." into verse 11's "persecutions and sufferings those things that happened...", 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.