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# 2 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 2 is chapter 2 of 4 in the Second Letter to Timothy. Here are all 26 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> He exhorts him to diligence in his office and patience in suffering. The danger of the delusions of heretics.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 2 Timothy 2 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And as for you, my son, be strengthened by the grace which is in Christ Jesus,
2. and by the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses. These things encourage faithful men, who shall then be suitable to teach others also.
3. Labor like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
4. No man, acting as a soldier for God, entangles himself in worldly matters, so that he may be pleasing to him for whom he has proven himself.
5. Then, too, whoever strives in a competition is not crowned, unless he has competed lawfully.
6. The farmer who labors ought to be the first to share in the produce.
7. Understand what I am saying. For the Lord will give you understanding in all things.
8. Be mindful that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the offspring of David, has risen again from the dead, according to my Gospel.
9. I labor in this Gospel, even while chained like an evildoer. But the Word of God is not bound.
10. I endure all things for this reason: for the sake of the elect, so that they, too, may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.
11. It is a faithful saying: that if we have died with him, we will also live with him.
12. If we suffer, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.
13. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful: he is not able to deny himself.
14. Insist on these things, testifying before the Lord. Do not be contentious about words, for this is useful for nothing but the subversion of listeners.
15. Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.
16. But avoid profane or empty talk. For these things advance one greatly in impiety.
17. And their word spreads like a cancer: among these are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
18. who have fallen away from the truth by saying that the resurrection is already complete. And so they have subverted the faith of certain persons.
19. But the firm foundation of God remains standing, having this seal: the Lord knows those who are his own, and all who know the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.
20. But, in a large house, there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also those of wood and of clay; and certainly some are held in honor, but others in dishonor.
21. If anyone, then, will have cleansed himself from these things, he shall be a vessel held in honor, sanctified and useful to the Lord, prepared for every good work.
22. So then, flee from the desires of your youth, yet truly, pursue justice, faith, hope, charity, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
23. But avoid foolish and undisciplined questions, for you know that these produce strife.
24. For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient,
25. correcting with self-restraint those who resist the truth. For at any time God may give them repentance, so as to recognize the truth,
26. and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

## 2 Timothy 2 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Tu ergo fili mi, confortare in gratia, quæ est in Christo Jesu:
2. et quæ audisti a me per multos testes, hæc commenda fidelibus hominibus, qui idonei erant et alios docere.
3. Labora sicut bonus miles Christi Jesu.
4. Nemo militans Deo implicat se negotiis sæcularibus: ut ei placeat, cui se probavit.
5. Nam et qui certat in agone, non coronatur nisi legitime certaverit.
6. Laborantem agricolam oportet primum de fructibus percipere.
7. Intellige quæ dico: dabit enim tibi Dominus in omnibus intellectum.
8. Memor esto Dominum Jesum Christum resurrexisse a mortuis ex semine David, secundum Evangelium meum,
9. in quo laboro usque ad vincula, quasi male operans: sed verbum Dei non est alligatum.
10. Ideo omnia sustineo propter electos, ut et ipsi salutem consequantur, quæ est in Christo Jesu, cum gloria cælesti.
11. Fidelis sermo: nam si commortui sumus, et convivemus:
12. si sustinebimus, et conregnabimus: si negaverimus, et ille negabit nos:
13. si non credimus, ille fidelis permanet, negare seipsum non potest.
14. Hæc commone, testificans coram Domino. Noli contendere verbis: ad nihil enim utile est, nisi ad subversionem audientium.
15. Sollicite cura teipsum probabilem exhibere Deo, operarium inconfusibilem, recte tractantem verbum veritatis.
16. Profana autem et vaniloquia devita: multum enim proficiunt ad impietatem:
17. et sermo eorum ut cancer serpit: ex quibus est Hymenæus et Philetus,
18. qui a veritate exciderunt, dicentes resurrectionem esse jam factam, et subverterunt quorumdam fidem.
19. Sed firmum fundamentum Dei stat, habens signaculum hoc: cognovit Dominus qui sunt ejus, et discedat ab iniquitate omnis qui nominat nomen Domini.
20. In magna autem domo non solum sunt vasa aurea, et argentea, sed et lignea, et fictilia: et quædam quidem in honorem, quædam autem in contumeliam.
21. Si quis ergo emundaverit se ab istis, erit vas in honorem sanctificatum, et utile Domino ad omne opus bonum paratum.
22. Juvenilia autem desideria fuge, sectare vero justitiam, fidem, spem, caritatem, et pacem cum iis qui invocant Dominum de corde puro.
23. Stultas autem et sine disciplina quæstiones devita: sciens quia generant lites.
24. Servum autem Domini non oportet litigare: sed mansuetum esse ad omnes, docibilem, patientem,
25. cum modestia corripientem eos qui resistunt veritati, nequando Deus det illis pœnitentiam ad cognoscendam veritatem,
26. et resipiscant a diaboli laqueis, a quo captivi tenentur ad ipsius voluntatem.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 2636: Prayer of Intercession ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1264: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1544: The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 437: Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1010: Dying in Christ Jesus ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1499: The Anointing of the Sick ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2641: Prayer of Praise ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2518: Purification of the Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “I have spent my whole life in this monastery, applying myself entirely to the study of the Scriptures.” — St. Bede the Venerable, Ecclesiastical History, V.24, 731 (On this theme: verse 15)

## Read at Mass (US)

- Thu, Jun 8, 2028 (computed): Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, 2 Timothy 2:8-15
- Sun, Oct 15, 2028 (computed): Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Second Reading, 2 Timothy 2:8-13

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).