2 Timothy 2:13

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“If we are faithless, he remains faithful. For he can’t deny himself.””

— WEB

“If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”

— KJV

“if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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1 Thessalonians 5:24 "He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it."
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1 Corinthians 1:9 "God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord."
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Matthew 24:35 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."

Commentary

believe not--"If we are unbelievers (literally, 'unfaithful'), He remains faithful" (Deu 7:9-10). The oldest manuscripts read, "For He cannot (it is an impossibility that He should) deny Himself." He cannot be unfaithful to His word that He will deny those who deny Him, though we be not faithful to our profession of faith in Him (Rom 3:3). Three things are impossible to God, to die, to lie, and to be deceived [AUGUSTINE, The Creed, 1.1], (Heb 6:18). This impossibility is not one of infirmity, but of infinite power and majesty. Also, indirectly, comfort is suggested to believers, that He is faithful to His promises to them; at the same time that apostates are shaken out of their self-deceiving fancy, that because they change, Christ similarly may change. A warning to Timothy to be steadfast in the faith.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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