2 Timothy 2:7
New International Version
Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

New Living Translation
Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.

English Standard Version
Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

Berean Standard Bible
Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.

Berean Literal Bible
Consider the things I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.

King James Bible
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

New King James Version
Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

New American Standard Bible
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

NASB 1995
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

NASB 1977
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

Legacy Standard Bible
Understand what I say, for the Lord will give you insight in everything.

Amplified Bible
Think over the things I am saying [grasp their application], for the Lord will grant you insight and understanding in everything.

Christian Standard Bible
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

American Standard Version
Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Consider what I say. May our Lord give you wisdom in everything.

Contemporary English Version
If you keep in mind what I have told you, the Lord will help you understand completely.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Understand what I say: for the Lord will give thee in all things understanding.

English Revised Version
Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Understand what I'm saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.

Good News Translation
Think about what I am saying, because the Lord will enable you to understand it all.

International Standard Version
Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you to understand all these things.

Literal Standard Version
be considering what things I say, for the LORD gives to you understanding in all things.

Majority Standard Bible
Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.

New American Bible
Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

NET Bible
Think about what I am saying and the Lord will give you understanding of all this.

New Revised Standard Version
Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.

New Heart English Bible
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.

Webster's Bible Translation
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Weymouth New Testament
Mark well what I am saying: the Lord will give you discernment in everything.

World English Bible
Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

Young's Literal Translation
be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.

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Context
Grace and Perseverance
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops. 7Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things. 8Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,…

Cross References
2 Timothy 2:6
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

2 Timothy 2:8
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,


Treasury of Scripture

Consider what I say; and the Lord give you understanding in all things.

Consider.

Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Psalm 64:9
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

and.

Genesis 41:38,39
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? …

Exodus 36:1,2
Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded…

Numbers 27:16,17
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, …

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2 Timothy 2
1. Timothy is exhorted again to constancy and perseverance.
17. Of Hymenaeus and Philetus.
19. The foundation of the Lord is sure.
22. He is taught whereof to beware, and what to follow after.














(7) Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.--The older authorities read here will give; also instead of "and the Lord," the translation should be, for the Lord. Thus the sentence should run: for the Lord will give thee understanding in all things. Some difficulty has been found in explaining exactly why, when we look at the foregoing words, Timothy should be so specially charged to consider St. Paul's words here, and why the declaration respecting "understanding in all things" was made in this particular place. Theophylact suggested because the preceding exhortations were in the form of metaphors, "he spake all things in an enigmatical form:" but surely these metaphors were the reverse of obscure, and did not seem to need for their comprehension any special enlightenment; if then we refer the words of this verse exclusively to what precedes, it will be best to understand the charge of St. Paul, "Consider what I say," &c., as directing Timothy's attention to the personal application of each of the pictures, or metaphors. It seems, however, that the words "Consider," &c., while referring to what he had said, belong also to the far weightier words he was about to write in the next sentence (2Timothy 2:8). He is in this chapter exhorting Timothy to be strong in the faith in the face of many troubles. He has instanced to him earthly examples to show how success, even here, depends on enduring perseverance, and is now passing on to set before him other and far higher inducements for him "to be strong;" and between the first set of arguments and the second he bids him "Consider what I say" (part has been said, but yet other and deeper things are to follow). God will five him power to grasp their meaning in all their depth.

Verse 7. - For the Lord shall give for and the Lord give, A.V. Consider what I say. The apostle's lessons had been given in parables or similitudes. He therefore begs Timothy to note them well, lest the application to himself should escape him, suggesting further that he should seek the necessary wisdom and understanding from God. So our Lord, at the end of the parables recorded in Matthew 13, says to his disciples in ver. 51, "Have ye understood all these things?" and elsewhere, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Understanding (σύνεσιν); one of the special gifts of the Spirit (Isaiah 11:2, LXX.; see Colossians 1:9; Colossians 2:2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Consider
νόει (noei)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 3539: From nous; to exercise the mind, i.e. to comprehend, heed.

what
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

I am saying,
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

for
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord
Κύριος (Kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

will give
δώσει (dōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

you
σοι (soi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

insight
σύνεσιν (synesin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4907: From suniemi; a mental putting together, i.e. Intelligence or the intellect.

into
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

all things.
πᾶσιν (pasin)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.


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