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New Living Translation

2 Timothy 3:12

Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Minister, Christian;   Paul;   Persecution;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Persecution;   Suffering for Righteousness' S;   The Topic Concordance - Godliness;   Persecution;   Suffering;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions;   Gospel, the;   Persecution;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holy spirit;   Persecution;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Godly, Godliness;   Persecution;   Timothy, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Suffering;   Titus, Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Comfort;   Godliness;   Suffering;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Perilous Times;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Persecution;   Suffering;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 1;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 4;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
King James Version (1611)
Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.
King James Version
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
English Standard Version
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
New American Standard Bible
Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
New Century Version
Everyone who wants to live as God desires, in Christ Jesus, will be persecuted.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Legacy Standard Bible
Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Contemporary English Version
Anyone who belongs to Christ Jesus and wants to live right will have trouble from others.
Complete Jewish Bible
And indeed, all who want to live a godly life united with the Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted,
Darby Translation
And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Easy-to-Read Version
Everyone who wants to live showing true devotion to God in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.
George Lamsa Translation
Likewise, all those who wish to live a godly life in Jesus Christ shall suffer persecution.
Good News Translation
Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;
Lexham English Bible
And indeed, all those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Literal Translation
And, indeed, all desiring to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Amplified Bible
Indeed, all who delight in pursuing righteousness and are determined to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be hunted and persecuted [because of their faith].
American Standard Version
Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Bible in Basic English
Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
Hebrew Names Version
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Messiah Yeshua will suffer persecution.
International Standard Version
Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted.Joshua 17:14; Psalm 34:19; Matthew 16:24; Acts 14:22; 1 Corinthians 15:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:3;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But all they who will in the fear of Aloha to live in Jeshu Meshiha, are persecuted.
Murdock Translation
And likewise all, who choose to live in the fear of God, in Jesus the Messiah, will be persecuted.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea, and all that wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesus, shall suffer persecution.
English Revised Version
Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
World English Bible
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Yea and all that are resolved to live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.
Weymouth's New Testament
And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle men that wolen lyue feithfuli in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun.
Update Bible Version
Yes, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all indeed that will live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
New English Translation
Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
New King James Version
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
New Life Bible
Yes! All who want to live a God-like life who belong to Christ Jesus will suffer from others.
New Revised Standard
Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea and, all who are determined to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus, will be persecuted;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Revised Standard Version
Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye and all that will live godly in Christ Iesu must suffre persecucions.
Young's Literal Translation
and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee and all they that wil lyue godly in Christ Iesu, must suffre persecucion.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and those who will live like Christians, shall generally suffer persecution.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Every cowboy who rides for the brand will suffer at the hands of the unbelievers.

Contextual Overview

10 But you, Timothy, certainly know what I teach, and how I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith, my patience, my love, and my endurance. 11 You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—but the Lord rescued me from all of it. 12 Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13 But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. 14 But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you. 15 You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

live: 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Timothy 2:2, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Timothy 6:3, Titus 1:1, Titus 2:12, 2 Peter 3:11

shall: Joshua 17:14, Psalms 37:12-15, Matthew 5:10-12, Matthew 10:22-25, Matthew 16:24, Matthew 23:34, Mark 10:30, Luke 14:26, Luke 14:27, John 15:19-21, John 16:2, John 16:33, John 17:14, Acts 14:22, 1 Corinthians 15:19, 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:4, Hebrews 11:32-38, 1 Peter 2:20, 1 Peter 2:21, 1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 4:12-16, 1 Peter 5:9, 1 Peter 5:10, Revelation 1:9, Revelation 1:10, Revelation 7:14, Revelation 12:4, Revelation 12:7-10

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:7 - greatly Joshua 10:4 - we may Psalms 34:19 - Many Mark 10:21 - take Luke 6:22 - when men Luke 9:23 - If 2 Corinthians 6:4 - afflictions 1 Timothy 4:7 - exercise Hebrews 11:25 - Choosing 2 Peter 2:9 - the godly 1 John 3:13 - if

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him."
Genesis 2:20
He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.
Genesis 2:22
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied. "That's why I ate it."
Genesis 3:15
And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
Genesis 3:20
Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.
Genesis 3:21
And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.
Genesis 3:24
After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Job 31:33
"Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart?
Proverbs 19:3
People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus,.... All that live according to the will of God revealed in his word; and to the glory of God, as the end of all their actions; and which the grace of God in the Gospel, and in their own hearts, teaches them; and who have the principles of a godly life from Christ, and derive the fresh supplies of grace and life from him, to maintain it; in whom their life is hid, and who live by faith upon him; all such that live, and that will live so, are desirous of living after this manner; in whom God has wrought in them both to will and to do, and are concerned when it is otherwise with them: these

shall suffer persecution; it is the will of God, and the appointment of heaven; Christ has foretold it, that so it shall be; and he the head has suffered it himself, and it is necessary that his members should, that they may be conformed unto him; it is the way Christ himself went to glory, and through many tribulations his people must enter the kingdom; and this is the common lot and certain case of all the saints, in one shape or another; for though all do not suffer confiscation of goods, beating, scourging, imprisonment, or a violent death; yet all are more or less afflicted and distressed by wicked men, and are subject to their reproaches and revilings, which are a branch of persecution; and that for professing Christ, and living a godly life in him and under his influence: and since such suffer as Christians, and not as evildoers; and this is the common condition of the people of God, in this world, it should not be thought strange, but be cheerfully endured; to encourage to which is the apostle's view in this passage.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution - Paul takes occasion from the reference to his own persecutions, to say that his case was not unique. It was the common lot of all who endeavored to serve their Redeemer faithfully; and Timothy himself, therefore, must not hope to escape from it. The apostle had a particular reference, doubtless, to his own times; but he has put his remark into the most general form, as applicable to all periods. It is undoubtedly true at all times, and will ever be, that they who are devoted Christians - who live as the Saviour did - and who carry out his principles always, will experience some form of persecution. The “essence” of persecution consists in “subjecting a person to injury or disadvantage on account of his opinions.” It is something more than meeting his opinions by argument, which is always right and proper; it is inflicting some injury on him; depriving him of some privilege, or right; subjecting him to some disadvantage, or placing him in less favorable circumstances, on account of his sentiments.

This may be either an injury done to his feelings, his family, his reputation, his property, his liberty, his influence; it may be by depriving him of an office which he held, or preventing him from obtaining one to which he is eligible; it may be by subjecting him to fine or imprisonment, to banishment, torture, or death. If, in any manner, or in any way, he is subjected to disadvantage on account of his religious opinions, and deprived of any immunities and rights to which he would be otherwise entitled, this is persecution. Now, it is doubtless as true as it ever was, that a man who will live as the Saviour did, will, like him, be subjected to some such injury or disadvantage. On account of his opinions, he may be held up to ridicule, or treated with neglect, or excluded from society to which his attainments and manners would otherwise introduce him, or shunned by those who might otherwise value his friendship. These things may be expected in the best times, and under the most favorable circumstances; and it is known that a large part of the history of the world, in its relation to the church, is nothing more than a history of persecution. It follows from this:

(1) That they who make a profession of religion, should come prepared to be persecuted. It should be considered as one of the proper qualifications for membership in the church, to be willing to bear persecution, and to resolve not to shrink from any duty in order to avoid it.

(2) They who are persecuted for their opinions, should consider that this may be one evidence that they have the spirit of Christ, and are his true friends. They should remember that, in this respect, they are treated as the Master was, and are in the goodly company of the prophets, apostles, and martyrs; for they were all persecuted. Yet,

(3) If we are persecuted, we should carefully inquire, before we avail ourselves of this consolation, whether we are persecuted because we “live godly in Christ Jesus,” or for some other reason. A man may embrace some absurd opinion, and call it religion; he may adopt some mode of dress irresistibly ludicrous, from the mere love of singularity, and may call it “conscience;” or he may be boorish in his manners, and uncivil in his deportment, outraging all the laws of social life, and may call this “deadness to the world;” and for these, and similar things, he may be contemned, ridiculed, and despised. But let him not infer, “therefore,” that he is to be enrolled among the martyrs, and that he is certainly a real Christian. That persecution which will properly furnish any evidence that we are the friends of Christ, must be only that which is “for righteousness sake” Matthew 5:10, and must be brought upon us in an honest effort to obey the commands of God.

(4) Let those who have never been persecuted in any way, inquire whether it is not an evidence that they have no religion. If they had been more faithful, and more like their Master, would they have always escaped? And may not their freedom from it prove that they have surrendered the principles of their religion, where they should have stood firm, though the world were arrayed against them? It is easy for a professed Christian to avoid persecution, if he yields every point in which religion is opposed to the world. But let not a man who will do this, suppose that he has any claim to be numbered among the martyrs, or even entitled to the Christian name.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 12. All that will live godly — So opposite to the spirit and practice of the world is the whole of Christianity, that he who gives himself entirely up to God, making the Holy Scriptures the rule of his words and actions, will be less or more reviled and persecuted. "If religion gives no quarter to vice, the vicious will give no quarter to religion and its professors."


 
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