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2 Timothy 2:13 — King James Version← Study notes

If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.


2 Timothy 2:13Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Timothy 2:139 words
GreekMeaning
εἰei
ifwordG1487
ἀπιστοῦμενapistoumen
we are faithlessverbG569
ἐκεῖνοςekeinos
HedemonstrativeG1565
πιστὸςpistos
faithfuladjectiveG4103
μένειmenei
remainsverbG3306
ἀρνήσασθαιarnēsasthai
to denyverbG720
ἑαυτὸνheauton
HimselfpronounG1438
οὐou
notadverbG3756
δύναταιdynatai
He is ableverbG1410
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 2:13

Many of the weaker sort of men give up the effort of faith, and do not endure the deferring of their hope. They seek things present, and form from these their judgment of the future. When therefore their lot here was death, torments, and chains, and yet he says, they shall come to eternal life, they would not have believed, but would have said, “What do you say? When I live, I die; and when I die, I live? You promise nothing on earth, and do you give it in heaven? Little…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 5 on Second Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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