2 Timothy 2:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”
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Read 2 Timothy 2:13 in the flow of 2 Timothy2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 2 Timothy2 to see the surrounding context.
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BSBPD
“if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 2 Timothy 2:13 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 25:1O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders— plans formed long ago— in perfect faithfulness.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Romans 3:3What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
- Romans 9:6It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
- 1 Corinthians 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
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