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2 Timothy 2:15 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

2 Timothy 2:15

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

13

If we believe not, {yet} he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

14

Of these things put {them} in remembrance, charging {them} before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, {but} to the subverting of the hearers.

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

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But shun profane {and} vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

17

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; {canker: or, gangrene}

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