What does 2 Timothy 2:12 say?

if we do endure together--we shall also reign together; if we deny him , he also shall deny us;

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 2:12 include Deuteronomy 7:9, Malachi 3:6, 2 Timothy 2:11, 2 Timothy 2:13, and 2 Timothy 1, and more.

2 Timothy 2:12 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

2 Timothy 2:14 These things remind <FI>them<Fi> of, testifying fully before the Lord--not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Stedfast FI is Fi the word For..." into verse 13's "if we are not stedfast he remaineth...", so "endure" and "together--we" 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 "endure" and "together--we" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.