2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Study Note
Study Note
Paul's declaration 'I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory' offers one of the clearest statements of vicarious apostolic suffering in the Pauline corpus. The construction 'for the elect's sakes' (dia tous eklektous) suggests that Paul's suffering has an instrumental relationship to others' salvation — not as atonement but as the human cost of proclamation that makes salvation accessible to those predestined to receive it. The phrase anticipates Colossians 1:24's 'fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ,' and both verses together constitute the Pauline theology of the apostolate as costly missionary vocation. The verse has been important for missionary theology's understanding of suffering as a vocational constant rather than an unfortunate circumstance.
Other Translations
Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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