2Ti 2:3 | RWP | e4.org | Suffer hardship with me ( συνκακοπαθησον ). See for this verb. The old preacher challenges the young one to share hardship with him for Christ. As a good soldier ( ος καλος στρατιωτης ). Paul does not hesitate to use this military metaphor (this word only here for a servant of Christ) with which he is so familiar. He had already used the metaphor in ; .; . In he called Epaphroditus "my fellow-soldier" ( συνστρατιωτην μου ) as he did Archippus in .

‏ 2 Timothy 2:3

Suffer hardship with me ( συνκακοπαθησον ). See 1:8 for this verb. The old preacher challenges the young one to share hardship with him for Christ.

As a good soldier ( ος καλος στρατιωτης ). Paul does not hesitate to use this military metaphor (this word only here for a servant of Christ) with which he is so familiar. He had already used the metaphor in 1Co 9:7; 2Co 10:3f.; 1Ti 1:18. In Php 2:25 he called Epaphroditus "my fellow-soldier" ( συνστρατιωτην μου ) as he did Archippus in Phm 1:2.