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Verse List for 2 TIM 2:15

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Work hard so that God will see you as someone he approves of—not ashamed of the good message but straight-talking the truth.

OET-LV Be_earnest to_present yourself approved to_ the _god, a_worker unashamed, cutting_straight the message of_ the _truth.

ULT Strive to present yourself approved to God, a worker not ashamed, cutting the word of truth straight.

UST Eagerly desire to be a person whom God considers to be acceptable to him. To do that, you should serve God by properly explaining the true message. Then, nothing can disgrace you.

BSB & MSB Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, [an] unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

BLB Hasten to present yourself approved to God, a workman not ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

AICNT Strive to present yourself approved to {God},[fn] an unashamed worker, rightly dividing the word of truth.

OEB Do your utmost to show yourself true to God, a worker with no reason to be ashamed, accurate in delivering the message of the truth.

CSB Be diligent to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.

NLT Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.

NIV Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

CEV Do your best to win God's approval as a worker who doesn't need to be ashamed and who teaches only the true message.

ESV Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling 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.

LSB Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

2DT Commit to present yourself to God as judged suitable, an unashamed worker, cutting the word of truth for a straight path.

WEBBE & WMBB Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

MSG ^(14-18)Repeat these basic essentials over and over to God’s people. Warn them before God against pious nitpicking, which chips away at the faith. It just wears everyone out. Concentrate on doing your best for God, work you won’t be ashamed of, laying out the truth plain and simple. Stay clear of pious talk that is only talk. Words are not mere words, you know. If they’re not backed by a godly life, they accumulate as poison in the soul. Hymenaeus and Philetus are examples, throwing believers off stride and missing the truth by a mile by saying the resurrection is over and done with.

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.

LSV be diligent to present yourself approved to God—a workman not ashamed, straightly cutting the word of truth;

FBV Make sure you work hard so you can present yourself to God and gain his approval. Be a worker that doesn't need to be embarrassed, using the word of truth correctly.

TCNT Be diligent to present yoʋrself to God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly teaches the word of truth.

T4T ◄Do your best/Try hard► to be the kind of person that God will approve of. Be like a good worker as you teach the true message accurately. If a worker works well, he will not need to be ashamed of (OR, will be pleased about) what he does.

LEB Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.

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.

NAB Be eager to present yourself as acceptable to God, a workman who causes no disgrace, imparting the word of truth without deviation.

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.

Moff Do your utmost to let God see that you at least are a sound workman, with no need to be ashamed of the way you handle the word of the Truth.

Wymth Earnestly seek to commend yourself to God as a servant who, because of his straightforward dealing with the word of truth, has no reason to feel any shame.

ASV Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

DRA Carefully study to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

YLT be diligent to present thyself approved to God — a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Drby Strive diligently to present thyself approved to [fn]God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.

RV Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
   (Give diligence to present thyself/yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth/needs not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.)

SLT Be earnest to present thyself acceptable to God, a worker without shame, dividing rightly the word of truth.

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

KJB-1769 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
   (Study to show thyself/yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth/needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.)

KJB-1611 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly diuiding the word of trueth.
   (Studie to show thyself/yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth/needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.)

Bshps Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.
   (Studie to show thyself/yourself approved unto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie dividing the word of truth.)

Gnva Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workeman that needeth not to be ashamed, diuiding the worde of trueth aright.
   (Studie to show thyself/yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth/needs not to be ashamed, dividing the word of truth aright.)

Cvdl Study to shewe thy selfe vnto God a laudable workman, that nedeth not to be ashamed, deuydynge the worde of trueth iustly.
   (Study to show thyself/yourself unto God a laudable workman, that needeth/needs not to be ashamed, dividing the word of truth justly.)

TNT Study to shewe thy silfe laudable vnto god a workman that nedeth not to be a shamed dividynge the worde of trueth iustly.
   (Study to show thy/your self laudable unto god a workman that needeth/needs not to be a shamed dividing the word of truth justly.)

Wycl Bisili kepe to yyue thi silf a preued preisable werkman to God, with oute schame, riytli tretinge the word of treuthe.
   (Bisili keep to give thyself/yourself a proved preisable werkman to God, without shame, rightly tretinge the word of truth.)

Luth Befleißige dich, GOtt zu erzeigen einen rechtschaffenen, unsträflichen Arbeiter, der da recht teile das Wort der Wahrheit.
   (Befleißige you/yourself, God to/for show a righteous, blamelessen work/jober, the/of_the there right share the word the/of_the truth.)

ClVg Sollicite cura teipsum probabilem exhibere Deo, operarium inconfusibilem, recte tractantem verbum veritatis.
   (Sollicite care yourself probabilem exhibere to_God, to_workum inconfusibilem, correctly/straight they_treatem the_word/saying to_the_truths.)

SR-GNT Σπούδασον σεαυτὸν δόκιμον παραστῆσαι τῷ ˚Θεῷ, ἐργάτην ἀνεπαίσχυντον, ὀρθοτομοῦντα τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας. ‡

UGNT σπούδασον σεαυτὸν, δόκιμον παραστῆσαι τῷ Θεῷ, ἐργάτην ἀνεπαίσχυντον, ὀρθοτομοῦντα τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας.

SBL-GNT σπούδασον σεαυτὸν δόκιμον παραστῆσαι τῷ θεῷ, ἐργάτην ἀνεπαίσχυντον, ὀρθοτομοῦντα τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας.

RP-GNT Σπούδασον σεαυτὸν δόκιμον παραστῆσαι τῷ θεῷ, ἐργάτην ἀνεπαίσχυντον, ὀρθοτομοῦντα τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας.

TC-GNT σπούδασον σεαυτὸν δόκιμον παραστῆσαι τῷ Θεῷ, ἐργάτην ἀνεπαίσχυντον, ὀρθοτομοῦντα τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας.

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