2 Timothy 2:15
ContextNET © | Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. 1 |
NIV © | Do 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. |
NASB © | Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. |
NLT © | Work hard so God can approve you. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth. |
MSG © | Concentrate on doing your best for God, work you won't be ashamed of, laying out the truth plain and simple. |
BBE © | Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way. |
NRSV © | Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. |
NKJV © | Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. |
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NET © | Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. 1 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Accurately is a figure of speech that literally means something like “cutting a straight road.” In regard to the message of truth, it means “correctly handling” or “imparting it without deviation.” |