What does 2 Timothy 2:11 say?

Stedfast is the word: For if we died together--we also shall live together;

What translation is this?

This passage is displayed in the Young's Literal Translation (YLT) translation on Scripture Lens.

What are related verses?

Related passages to 2 Timothy 2:11 include Deuteronomy 7:9, Malachi 3:6, 2 Timothy 2:10, 2 Timothy 2:12, and 2 Timothy 1, and more.

2 Timothy 2:11 (YLT)

Passage

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: For if we died together--we also shall live together;

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 2:9 in which I suffer evil--unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

2 Timothy 2:10 because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

2 Timothy 2:11 Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: For if we died together--we also shall live together;

2 Timothy 2:12 if we do endure together--we shall also reign together; if we deny <FI>him<Fi> , he also shall deny us;

2 Timothy 2:13 if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stedfast", "word", "died", "together--we", "shall", and "live". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stedfast" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "because of this all things do I..." into verse 12's "if we do endure together--we shall also...", so "stedfast" and "word" 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 "stedfast" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.