2 Timothy 2:8
New International Version
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,

New Living Translation
Always remember that Jesus Christ, a descendant of King David, was raised from the dead. This is the Good News I preach.

English Standard Version
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,

Berean Standard Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

Berean Literal Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, having been raised out from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel,

King James Bible
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

New King James Version
Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,

New American Standard Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,

NASB 1995
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,

NASB 1977
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,

Legacy Standard Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel,

Amplified Bible
Remember Jesus Christ [the ever-living Lord who has] risen from the dead, [as the prophesied King] descended from David [king of Israel], according to my gospel [the good news that I preach],

Christian Standard Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead and descended from David, according to my gospel,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Keep your attention on Jesus Christ as risen from the dead and descended from David. This is according to my gospel.

American Standard Version
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Call to mind Yeshua The Messiah, who arose from the place of the dead, he who is from the seed of David according to my Gospel,

Contemporary English Version
Keep your mind on Jesus Christ! He was from the family of David and was raised from death, just as my good news says.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be mindful that the Lord Jesus Christ is risen again from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel.

English Revised Version
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Always think about Jesus Christ. He was brought back to life and is a descendant of David. This is the Good News that I tell others.

Good News Translation
Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from death, who was a descendant of David, as is taught in the Good News I preach.

International Standard Version
Meditate on Jesus, the Messiah, who was raised from the dead and is a descendant of David. This is the gospel I tell others.

Literal Standard Version
Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

Majority Standard Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

New American Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my gospel,

NET Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David; such is my gospel,

New Revised Standard Version
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel,

New Heart English Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, a descendant of David, according to my Good News,

Webster's Bible Translation
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

Weymouth New Testament
Never forget that Jesus Christ has risen from among the dead and is a descendant of David, as is declared in the Good News which I preach.

World English Bible
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News,

Young's Literal Translation
Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Grace and Perseverance
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, 9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!…

Cross References
Matthew 1:1
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Acts 2:24
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

Romans 2:16
on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

2 Timothy 1:8
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

2 Timothy 2:7
Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.


Treasury of Scripture

Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

Remember.

Hebrews 12:2,3
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God…

Jesus.

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Acts 2:30
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

Acts 13:23
Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

raised.

Luke 24:46
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

1 Corinthians 15:1,4,11-20
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; …

according.

Romans 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

Romans 16:25
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

2 Thessalonians 2:14
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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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.














(8) Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead.--More accurately rendered, Remember Jesus Christ . . . as raised (or, as one raised). The words of the Greek original, "of the seed of David," come after, not before, "was raised from the dead." The translation should run thus: Remember Jesus Christ as one raised from the dead, born of the seed of David. Timothy was to remember, was ever to bear in mind, two great facts. They were to be the foundation stones of his whole life's work. Remembering these in the hour of his greatest trouble, he was never to be cast down, but ever to take fresh courage. And the two facts he was to remember were: that Jesus Christ, for whose sake he suffered--like him, Timothy, or like St. Paul--was born of flesh and blood, and yet He had risen from the dead. Surely, in the hour of his weakness, such a thought would be sufficient to inspire him with comfort and courage. Two facts, then, are to be ever in Timothy's mind: the Resurrection and the Incarnation of his Lord. The thought of the first mentioned, "the Resurrection," would always be reminding him of his Master's victory over death and of His present glory. The thought of the second mentioned, "born of the seed of David," "the Incarnation," would ever be whispering to him, "Yes, and the risen and glorified One sprang, too, like himself, from mortal flesh and blood." The reason of the "Incarnation" being expressed in this special manner, "born of the seed of David," was to include another truth. The "risen One "was not only born of flesh and blood, but belonged to the very race specified in those prophets so revered by Timothy and the chosen people as the race from which should spring the Messiah: "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth . . . and this is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Jeremiah 23:5-6). To raise the fainting heart of his much-tried disciple in this hour of discouragement, to supply a ground of confidence to yet unborn Christians, who in their day would be tried as Timothy was then, was the Apostle's first purpose when he pressed these thoughts on his son in the faith; but in the background, no doubt, there lay another purpose. These great comforting truths were to be maintained and taught in the presence of those false teachers who were ever ready to explain away or even to deny, then as now, the beginning and the end of the Son of God's life and ministry on earth--His Incarnation and His Resurrection.

According to my gospel.--This formula, for so it may be considered, occurs frequently in St. Paul's Epistles (Romans 2:16, and again Romans 16:25, and in other places), and, with very slight variations, in 1Timothy 1:11 and 1Corinthians 15:1. Jerome's remark, "As often as St. Paul in his Epistles writes 'according to my Gospel,' he refers to the volume of Luke," although received with reserve by many expositors, considering the weighty traditional evidence we possess of St. Luke's Gospel being in reality written by St. Paul, appears on the whole substantially correct. . . .

Verse 8. - Jesus Christ, risen from the dead for that Jesus Christ...was raised from the dead, A.V.; of the seed of David for Jesus Christ of the seed of David, A.V. Remember Jesus Christ. The A.V. seems to give the sense more correctly than the R.V. The point of the exhortation is to remember that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, and by that remembrance to be encouraged to face even death courageously. The verb μνημονεύω, in the New Testament, usually governs the genitive case as e.g. Acts 20:35; Galatians 2:10. But in 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Matthew 16:9; Revelation 18:5, it has an accusative, as here, and commonly in classical Greek. There seems to be hardly sufficient ground for the distinction mentioned by Bishop Ellicott, that with a genitive it means simply "remember," with the accusative "keep in remembrance." It is more difficult to determine the exact force and intent of the clause, "of the seed of David." It seems, however, to point to Christ's human nature, so as to make the example of Christ's resurrection apposite as an encouragement to Timothy. And this view is much strengthened by Romans 1:3, where the addition, "according to the flesh," as contrasted with "the Son of God according to the Spirit of holiness," marks the clause, "of the seed of David," as specially pointing to the human nature of Christ. The particular form which the reference takes probably arises from the form to which the apostle refers us as "my gospel." In that creed, which was the epitome of the gospel as preached by St. Paul, there was no doubt mention made of Christ's Davidic descent. Others, as Huther, think the clause points to the Messianic dignity of David. Others that it is inserted in refutation of the Docetae, and to show the reality of the death and resurrection of Christ; or that it is meant to mark especially the fulfilment of prophecy. But the first explanation is quite satisfactory, and the general purpose of the reference to our Lord as intended to encourage Timothy to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, is fully borne out by the "faithful saying" in vers. 11 and 12, "If we died with him, we shall also live with him: if we endure, we shall also reign with him."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Remember
Μνημόνευε (Mnēmoneue)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 3421: From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

Christ,
Χριστὸν (Christon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

raised
ἐγηγερμένον (egēgermenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

[the] dead,
νεκρῶν (nekrōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

descended
σπέρματος (spermatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4690: From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant.

from David,
Δαυίδ (Dauid)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

as proclaimed by
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

my
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

gospel,
εὐαγγέλιόν (euangelion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2098: From the same as euaggelizo; a good message, i.e. The gospel.


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