15be diligent to present thyself approved to God — a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;


In Context

12 if we do endure together — we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;

13 if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

14 These things remind them of, testifying fully before the Lord — not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

15 be diligent to present thyself approved to God — a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

16 and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

17 and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

2 Timothy 2:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Carefully study to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.