2 Timothy 2 · Verse 11

2 Timothy 2:11

It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
2 Timothy 2:11, King James Version

2 Timothy 2:11 in other translations

BSBThis is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
WEBThis saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.
ASVFaithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
YLTStedfast is the word: For if we died together--we also shall live together;
DARBYThe word is faithful; for if we have died together with him, we shall also live together;
BBEThis is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:
WebsterIt is a faithful saying: For if we are dead with him, we shall also live with him:

What does 2 Timothy 2:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Greek, "Faithful is the saying." For--"For" the fact is so that, "if we be dead with Him (the Greek aorist tense implies a state once for all entered into in past times at the moment of regeneration, Ro 6:3, 4, 8; Col 2:12), we shall also live with Him." The symmetrical form of "the saying," 2Ti 2:11-13, and the rhythmical balance of the parallel clauses, makes it likely, they formed part of a Church hymn (see on 1Ti 3:16), or accepted formula, perhaps first uttered by some of the Christian "prophets" in the public assembly (1Co 14:26). The phrase "faithful is the saying," which seems to have been the usual formula (compare 1Ti 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; Tit 3:8) in such cases, favors this.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 11. It is a faithful saying. Or, rather, that which he was about to say was worthy of entire credence and profound attention. 1Timm 1:15. The object is, to encourage Timothy to bear trials by the hope of salvation.

For if we be dead with him. Rom 6:8.

We shall also live with him. This was a sort of maxim, or a settled point, which is often referred to in the Bible. Rom 6:3. Rom 6:4, Rom 6:5; Jn 11:25; 1Thes 4:14.

(f) "if we be dead" Rom 6:5,8

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 If we be dead with him - That is: As surely as Christ rose again from the dead, so surely shall we rise again; and if we die for him, we shall surely live again with him. This, says the apostle, is πιστος ὁ λογος, a true doctrine. This is properly the import of the word; and we need not seek, as Bp. Tillotson and many others have done, for some saying of Christ which the apostle is supposed to be here quoting, and which he learned from tradition.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:8-13

Let suffering saints remember, and look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of their faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despised the shame, and is now set down at the right hand of the throne of God. We must not think it strange if the best men meet with the worst treatment; but this is cheering, that the word of God is not bound. Here we see the real and true cause of the apostle's…

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2 Timothy 2:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΠιστὸςPistosTrustworthy [is]G4103
ὁhotheG3588
λόγος·logossaying:G3056
εἰeiIfG1487
γὰρgarforG1063
συναπεθάνομεν,sunapethanomenwe have died with [Him],G4880
καὶkaialsoG2532
συζήσομεν·suzēsomenwe will live with [Him];G4800

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Cross references for 2 Timothy 2:11

  • Romans 6:8

    Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

  • Colossians 3:3-4

    For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

  • Romans 6:5

    For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

  • 1 Timothy 1:15

    This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:10

    Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

  • John 14:19

    Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

  • Galatians 2:19-20

    For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

  • 2 Corinthians 13:4

    For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:10

    Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:17

    Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

  • Titus 3:8

    This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

  • 1 Timothy 3:1

    This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
faithful.
1Ti 1:15; 3:1; Tit 3:8
For.
Ro 6:5,8; 2Co 4:10; Ga 2:19,20; Col 3:3,4
we shall.
Joh 14:19; 2Co 13:4; 1Th 4:17; 5:10

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Context

  • 2 Timothy 2:10

    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.

  • 2 Timothy 2:11

    It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

  • 2 Timothy 2:12

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

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2 Timothy 2:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Es palabra fiel: Que si somos muertos con él, también viviremos con él:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Cette parole est certaine; car si nous sommes morts avec lui, nous vivrons aussi avec lui;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Wort ist gewiß; denn wenn wir mitgestorben sind, so werden wir auch mitleben;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fidelis sermo: nam si commortui sumus, et convivemus: