2 Timothy 2:13 (YLT)

Passage

if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

Nearby Context

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;

2 Timothy 2:15 be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stedfast", "remaineth", "deny", "himself", and "able". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stedfast" and "remaineth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "if we do endure together--we shall also..." into verse 14's "These things remind FI them Fi of...", so "stedfast" and "remaineth" 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 "remaineth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.