2 Timothy 2:13
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
KJV
εἰ ἀπιστοῦμεν, ἐκεῖνος πιστὸς μένει, ἀρνήσασθαι γὰρ ἑαυτὸν οὐ δύναται.
Greek NT
si non credimus, ille fidelis permanet, negare seipsum non potest.
Vulgate
if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
ASV
If we believe not, he continueth faithful, he cannot deny himself.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πιστός
pistos
adjective · 67×
ἀπιστέω
apisteo
verb · 8×
ἀρνέομαι
arneomai
verb · 33×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἀρνήσασθαι | RP: ἀρνήσασθαι | WH/Treg/NIV: + γὰρ
- ἀρνήσασθαι — SBLGNT
- ἀρνήσασθαι — Robinson-Pierpont
- + γὰρ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2641"[Address] one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart."124 Like the inspired writers of the New Testament, the first Christian communities read the Book of Psalms in a new way, singing in it the mystery of Christ. In the newness of the Spirit, they also composed hymns and canticles in the light of the unheard -…
10. Now the so-called gods of the Greeks, unworthy the name, are faithful neither in their essence nor in their promises; for the same are not everywhere, nay, the local deities come to nought in course of time, and undergo a natural dissolution; wherefore the Word cries out against them, that 'faith is not strong in them,' but they are 'waters that fail,' and 'there is no fait…
Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Is there power in God? Is His power infinite? Is He omnipotent? Could He make the past not to have been? Could He do what He does not, or not do what He does? Could He make better what He makes? Article 1. Whether there is power in God? Objection 1. It seems that power is not in God. For as primary matter is to power, so God, who is the first agent, is to act. But primary matte…
Was it necessary for Christ to suffer for men's deliverance? Was there any other possible means of delivering men? Was this the more suitable means? Was it fitting for Christ to suffer on the cross? The extent of His sufferings Was the pain which He endured the greatest? Did His entire soul suffer? Did His Passion hinder the joy of fruition? The time of the Passion The place Wa…
Q. What does that little word Amen express? A. Amen means: This is sure to be! It is even more sure that God listens to my prayer than that I really desire what I pray for.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:9 — God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1Sam 15:29 — And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
- 1Thess 5:24 — Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
- 1Thess 5:24 — Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
- 2Kgs 7:2 — Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine ey
- 2Thess 3:3 — But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
- Deut 7:9 — Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
- Gen 32:12 — And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
- Heb 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
- Heb 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Heb 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Isa 25:1 — O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
- Isa 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- Luke 1:20 — And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
- Mark 13:31 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Mark 14:36 — And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
- Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- Num 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- Ps 31:5 — Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
- Rom 3:3 — For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- Rom 3:3 — For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- Rom 9:6 — Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
- Rom 9:6 — Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
- Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;