2:1
    [kjv]  Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
    [bbe]  So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.
2:2  
    [kjv]  And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
    [bbe]  And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
2:3
    [kjv]  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
    [bbe]  Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
2:4
    [kjv]  No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
    [bbe]  A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
2:5  
    [kjv]  And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
    [bbe]  And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.
2:6  
    [kjv]  The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
    [bbe]  It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
2:7  
    [kjv]  Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
    [bbe]  Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.
2:8
    [kjv]  Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
    [bbe]  Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:
2:9  
    [kjv]  Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
    [bbe]  In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.
2:10
    [kjv]  Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
    [bbe]  But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2:11  
    [kjv]  It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
    [bbe]  This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:
2:12  
    [kjv]  If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
    [bbe]  If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:
2:13  
    [kjv]  If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
    [bbe]  If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.
2:14
    [kjv]  Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
    [bbe]  Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
2:15  
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