2 Timothy 2:12

12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;

2 Timothy 2:12 in Other Translations

12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

12 If we endure hardship, we will reign with him. If we deny him, he will deny us.

12 If we stick it out with him, we'll rule with him; If we turn our backs on him, he'll turn his back on us;

12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:

12 If we endure, we will rule with him. If we disown him, he will disown us.

12 if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

12 If we don't give up, we will also rule with him. If we say we don't know him, he will also say he doesn't know us.

2 Timothy 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 2:12

If we suffer
With him, with Christ, as in ( Romans 8:17 ) all the elect suffered with Christ when he suffered; they suffered in him the whole penalty of the law, all the righteousness, strictness, and severity of it; and they are partakers of the benefits of his sufferings, as peace, pardon, righteousness, redemption, and everlasting salvation. And such being called by grace, and having made a profession of Christ, they suffer shame and reproach, loss of credit and reputation, and sometimes loss of goods, and corporeal punishment, and even death itself: but though they do, and if they should, they may be satisfied of the truth of this,

we shall also reign with him;
they reign with him now in the kingdom of grace; grace reigns in their hearts, where Christ, the King of glory, has entered, and has set up his throne, and where he dwells by faith, they being made kings and priests unto God by him; and they shall reign with him in his kingdom here on earth, for the space of a thousand years; and they shall reign with him in glory to all eternity: this is certain, for this kingdom is prepared for them, it is given to them, they are called unto it, and have both a right unto, and meetness for it; see ( Romans 8:17 ) ,

if we deny him, he also will deny us:
there is a denying of Christ in words; so it is denied by the Jews that Christ is come in the flesh, and that Jesus is the Messiah; and some that have bore the Christian name, though very unworthily, have denied his true deity, his real humanity, proper sonship, and the efficacy of his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, for pardon, justification, and atonement: and there is a denying of him in works; so some that profess to know him, and do own him in his person and offices, yet in works deny him; their conversation is not becoming their profession of him; they have the form of godliness, but deny the power of it: there is a secret and silent denying of him, when men are ashamed of him, and do not confess him; and there is an open denying of him, by such who set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh throughout the earth; there is a partial denying of Christ, which was Peter's case, though his faith in him, and love to him, were not lost; and there is a total denying of him, a thorough apostasy, and from which there is no recovery; and if there be any such apostates among those who have named the name of Christ, he will deny them, he will not own them for his another day; he will set them at his left hand; he will declare he knows them not, and will banish them from his presence for evermore. This is another branch of the faithful saying; this will certainly be the case; Christ himself has said it, ( Matthew 10:33 ) .

2 Timothy 2:12 In-Context

10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

11 Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him;

12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;

13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

14 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen.

Cross References

• 1. Romans 8:17; 1 Peter 4:13
• 2. Matthew 10:33