2 TIMOTHY 2:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory — Paul's suffering serves the eklektoi (elect): his endurance facilitates their acquisition (epitynchanō) of salvation in Christ and eternal doxa (glory). Substitutionary suffering on behalf of others models redemptive love.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 2:10
“Therefore I endure all things,” he says, “for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.” Behold another incentive. I endure these things, he says, not for myself, but for the salvation of others. It was in my power to have lived free from danger; to have suffered none of these things, if I had consulted my own interest. On what account then do I suffer these things? For the good of others, that others may obtain…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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