2 Timothy 2:11
This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
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ASV
Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
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It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
The apostle says that even we shall reign together with Christ in the kingdom of Christ. "If we are dead with him, we shall also live with him; if we endure, we shall also reign with him." But we by adoption, he by power; we live by grace, he by nature.
It is a faithful saying - Or, rather, that which he was about to say was worthy of entire credence and profound attention; see the notes at 1Ti 1:15. The object is to encourage Timothy to bear trials by the hope of salvation. For if we be dead with him - see the notes at 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; see the Rom 6:3-5 notes; Joh 11:25 note; 1Th 4:14 note.
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1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
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On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
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Romans 6:5For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
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I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
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2 Corinthians 4:10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
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For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
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But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
