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2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

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ASV

Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;

KJV

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΜὴMēNotG3361 →
οὖνounthereforeG3767 →
ἐπαισχυνθῇςepaischunthēasyou may be ashamed ofG1870 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
μαρτύριονmarturiontestimonyG3142 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
κυρίουkuriouLordG2962 →
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165 →
μηδὲmēdenorG3366 →
ἐμὲemeof me myselfG1473 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
δέσμιονdesmionprisonerG1198 →
αὐτοῦ,autouof Him,G846 →
ἀλλὰallabutG235 →
συγκακοπάθησονsugkakopathēsondo suffer togetherG4777 →
τῷtōfor theG3588 →
εὐαγγελίῳeuangeliōgospelG2098 →
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
δύναμινdunamin[the] powerG1411 →
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316 →

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Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.Mark 8:38If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.Mark 8:35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.2 Timothy 4:5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.1 Peter 4:13–15But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.Matthew 10:32Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!Proverbs 27:17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...Philippians 3:10I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,Luke 9:26If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:2 Timothy 1:16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

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