2 Timothy 2:3 (YLT)

Passage

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 2:1 Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus,

2 Timothy 2:2 and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

2 Timothy 2:3 thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

2 Timothy 2:4 no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

2 Timothy 2:5 and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "therefore", "suffer", "evil", "good", "soldier", "jesus", and "christ". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and the things that thou didst hear..." into verse 4's "no one serving as a soldier did...", so "thou" and "therefore" 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 "thou" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.