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2 Timothy 3:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.


2 Timothy 3:12Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Timothy 3:1211 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AlsoadverbG2532
πάντεςpantes
alladjectiveG3956
δὲde
nowwordG1161
οἱhoi
thosearticleG3588
θέλοντεςthelontes
desiringverbG2309
ζῆνzēn
piouslyverbG2198
εὐσεβῶςeusebōs
to liveadverbG2153
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ΧριστῷChristō
ChristnounG5547
ἸησοῦIēsou
JesusnounG2424
διωχθήσονταιdiōchthēsontai
will be persecutedverbG1377
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 3:12

But why, he says, should I speak only of myself? Each one that will live godly will be persecuted. Here he calls afflictions and sorrows, “persecutions,” for it is not possible that a man pursuing the course of virtue should not be exposed to grief, tribulation, and temptations. For how can he escape it who is treading in the strait and narrow way, and who has heard, that “in the world you shall have tribulation”? John 16:33 If Job in his time said, “The life of man upon…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 8 on Second Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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