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Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. <a href="/nlt/2_timothy/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—but the Lord rescued me from all of it. <a href="/esv/2_timothy/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. <a href="/bsb/2_timothy/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. <a href="/blb/2_timothy/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> persecutions, sufferings such as happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what manner of persecutions I endured! And yet the Lord delivered me out of all. <a href="/kjv/2_timothy/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/nkjv/2_timothy/3.htm">New King James Version</a> persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/nasb_/2_timothy/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! <a href="/nasb/2_timothy/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! <a href="/nasb77/2_timothy/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me! <a href="/lsb/2_timothy/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. What persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! <a href="/amp/2_timothy/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> persecutions, and sufferings—such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, but the Lord rescued me from them all! <a href="/csb/2_timothy/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured—and yet the Lord rescued me from them all. <a href="/hcsb/2_timothy/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all. <a href="/asv/2_timothy/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> persecutions, sufferings; what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: and out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/cev/2_timothy/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> trouble and suffering in the cities of Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. Yet the Lord rescued me from all those terrible troubles. <a href="/erv/2_timothy/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> persecutions, sufferings; what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: and out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/gwt/2_timothy/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You also know about the kind of persecutions and sufferings which happened to me in the cities of Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions, and the Lord rescued me from all of them. <a href="/gnt/2_timothy/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> my persecutions, and my sufferings. You know all that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the terrible persecutions I endured! But the Lord rescued me from them all. <a href="/isv/2_timothy/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> and how I was persecuted and suffered in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. <a href="/msb/2_timothy/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. <a href="/net/2_timothy/3.htm">NET Bible</a> as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. <a href="/nheb/2_timothy/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/wbt/2_timothy/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Persecutions, afflictions which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/wey/2_timothy/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and the persecutions and sufferings which I have endured; the things which happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all. <a href="/web/2_timothy/3.htm">World English Bible</a> persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_timothy/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> the persecutions, the afflictions, that befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured! And the LORD delivered me out of all. <a href="/blb/2_timothy/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> persecutions, sufferings such as happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what manner of persecutions I endured! And yet the Lord delivered me out of all. <a href="/ylt/2_timothy/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> the persecutions, the afflictions, that befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me, <a href="/slt/2_timothy/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Expulsions, sufferings, which were to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what expulsions I endured: and the Lord delivered me from all.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_timothy/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Persecutions, afflictions: such as came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra: what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/cpdv/2_timothy/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> persecutions, afflictions; such things as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; how I endured persecutions, and how the Lord rescued me from everything. <a href="/nabre/2_timothy/3.htm">New American Bible</a> persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, persecutions that I endured. Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me. <a href="/nrsvce/2_timothy/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> my persecutions, and my suffering the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_timothy/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Persecution and sorrows: you know the things which I endured at Antioch, and at Ico’ni- um, and at Lys’tra; how I was persecuted; and yet from all these my LORD delivered me. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_timothy/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> After my persecutions and after my suffering; and you know those things which I endured in Antiakia, Iconiun and Lystra, what persecutions I endured, and my Lord delivered me from all of them.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_timothy/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> my persecutions, my sufferings which came upon me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; you well know what persecutions I endured: and yet out of them all, the Lord delivered me. <a href="/godbey/2_timothy/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> persecutions, sufferings; such as came to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; such persecutions as I endured: and the Lord delivered me out of them all. <a href="/haweis/2_timothy/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> the persecutions, the sufferings, which beset me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/mace/2_timothy/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> my persecutions, and the sufferings that befel me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions did I endure? but the Lord deliver'd me out of them all: yes, <a href="/wey/2_timothy/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and the persecutions and sufferings which I have endured; the things which happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all. <a href="/worrell/2_timothy/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> persecutions, sufferings; what manner of things happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me. <a href="/worsley/2_timothy/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> sufferings, which befel me at Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all. <a href="/parallel/2_timothy/3-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FxoCLii8Z48?start=499" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/3.htm">All Scripture is God-Breathed</a> 10You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance, 11<a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">my</a> <a href="/greek/1375.htm" title="1375: diōgmois (N-DMP) -- Chase, pursuit; persecution. From dioko; persecution.">persecutions,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">and the</a> <a href="/greek/3804.htm" title="3804: pathēmasin (N-DNP) -- From a presumed derivative of pathos; something undergone, i.e. Hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence.">sufferings</a> <a href="/greek/3634.htm" title="3634: hoia (RelPro-NNP) -- Probably akin to ho, hos, and hosos; such or what sort of; especially the neuter with negative, not so.">that</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: egeneto (V-AIM-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">came upon</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: moi (PPro-D1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">me</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/490.htm" title="490: Antiocheia (N-DFS) -- From Antiochus; Antiochia, a place in Syria.">Antioch,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/2430.htm" title="2430: Ikoniō (N-DNS) -- Perhaps from eikon; image-like; Iconium, a place in Asia Minor.">Iconium,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">and</a> <a href="/greek/3082.htm" title="3082: Lystrois (N-DNP) -- Lystra, a place in Asia Minor.">Lystra.</a> <a href="/greek/3634.htm" title="3634: hoious (RelPro-AMP) -- Probably akin to ho, hos, and hosos; such or what sort of; especially the neuter with negative, not so.">What</a> <a href="/greek/1375.htm" title="1375: diōgmous (N-AMP) -- Chase, pursuit; persecution. From dioko; persecution.">persecutions</a> <a href="/greek/5297.htm" title="5297: hypēnenka (V-AIA-1S) -- To bear up under, endure, suffer. From hupo and phero; to bear from underneath, i.e. to undergo hardship.">I endured!</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Yet</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyrios (N-NMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord</a> <a href="/greek/4506.htm" title="4506: errysato (V-AIM-3S) -- To rescue, deliver (from danger or destruction). ">rescued</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: me (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">me</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantōn (Adj-GNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all of them.</a> 12Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/13-50.htm">Acts 13:50</a> The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district. <a href="/acts/14-5.htm">Acts 14:5-6</a> But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them, / they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region, <a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19-20</a> Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead. / But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-27</a> Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. / Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. ... <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:14-15</a> For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, / who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, <a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a> Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. <a href="/john/15-20.htm">John 15:20</a> Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. <a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a> Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. <a href="/philippians/1-29.htm">Philippians 1:29-30</a> For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, / since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have. <a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12-14</a> Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. / If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. <a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Acts 9:16</a> I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.” <a href="/acts/20-19.htm">Acts 20:19</a> I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-11</a> We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. / We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ... <a href="/hebrews/10-32.htm">Hebrews 10:32-34</a> Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering. / Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated. / You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession. <a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a> Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, / because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. / Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.Persecutions.<a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Acts 9:16</a> For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.<a href="/acts/20-19.htm">Acts 20:19,23,24</a> Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: … <a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a> Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? … at Antioch.<a href="/acts/13-45.htm">Acts 13:45,50,51</a> But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming… <a href="/acts/14-2.htm">Acts 14:2,5,6,19-21</a> But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren… but.<a href="/2_timothy/4-7.htm">2 Timothy 4:7,17,18</a> I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: … <a href="/genesis/48-16.htm">Genesis 48:16</a> The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.<a href="/2_samuel/22-1.htm">2 Samuel 22:1,49</a> And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_timothy/1-8.htm">Afflictions</a> <a href="/galatians/2-11.htm">Antioch</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/acts/20-19.htm">Befell</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-20.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-20.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-14.htm">Endured</a> <a href="/acts/16-2.htm">Iconium</a> <a href="/acts/16-2.htm">Ico'nium</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/acts/16-2.htm">Lystra</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-12.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Persecutions</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Punishments</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-2.htm">Rescued</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-14.htm">Sufferings</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm">Afflictions</a> <a href="/acts/6-5.htm">Antioch</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-15.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/genesis/42-29.htm">Befell</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-17.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm">Endured</a> <a href="/acts/13-51.htm">Iconium</a> <a href="/acts/13-51.htm">Ico'nium</a> <a href="/titus/3-3.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/acts/14-8.htm">Lystra</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Persecutions</a> <a href="/revelation/15-1.htm">Punishments</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-17.htm">Rescued</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Sufferings</a><div class="vheading2">2 Timothy 3</div>1. <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">Paul advises Timothy of the difficult times to come;</a> 6. <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">describes the enemies of the truth;</a> 10. <a href="/2_timothy/3-10.htm">explains unto him his own example;</a> 16. <a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">and commends the holy Scriptures;</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/2_timothy/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>my persecutions, my sufferings In this phrase, Paul is emphasizing the personal nature of his trials. The Greek word for "persecutions" is "diōgmoi," which refers to the pursuit or harassment for one's beliefs. "Sufferings" comes from the Greek "pathēmasin," indicating the physical and emotional pain endured. Historically, Paul faced significant opposition for his faith, often resulting in physical harm and imprisonment. This phrase serves as a reminder of the cost of discipleship and the reality of spiritual warfare. It also highlights Paul's resilience and commitment to the Gospel, encouraging believers to remain steadfast in their faith despite adversities.which I endured at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra These locations are significant in Paul's missionary journeys, as recorded in the Book of Acts. Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra were cities in the region of Galatia where Paul faced severe opposition. In <a href="/acts/13.htm">Acts 13 and 14</a>, we read about the challenges Paul encountered, including being expelled from Antioch, threatened with stoning in Iconium, and actually being stoned and left for dead in Lystra. The mention of these cities serves as a historical anchor, reminding readers of the tangible and specific nature of Paul's trials. It also underscores the geographical spread of early Christian evangelism and the resistance it faced.What persecutions I endured! This exclamatory statement emphasizes the intensity and frequency of the trials Paul faced. The Greek word "hupomēna" for "endured" conveys a sense of steadfastness and perseverance under pressure. Paul is not merely recounting his sufferings but is highlighting his endurance through them. This serves as an inspirational model for believers, illustrating the virtue of perseverance in the face of adversity. It also reflects the reality that following Christ often involves enduring hardships, yet with the assurance of divine support.Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them This phrase is a powerful testament to God's faithfulness and deliverance. The Greek word "rhuomai" for "rescued" implies a dramatic deliverance from danger. Paul attributes his survival and continued ministry to the Lord's intervention. This statement is not just a personal testimony but a theological affirmation of God's sovereignty and care for His servants. It reassures believers that, despite the trials they may face, God is able to deliver and sustain them. This promise of divine rescue is a source of hope and encouragement, reinforcing the belief in God's active presence in the lives of His followers.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_timothy/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) Persecutions, afflictions.--St. Paul adds to "persecutions" "afflictions"--for not merely were his plans thwarted, his hopes baffled, his friends alienated, through the persistent enmity of his opponents, but bodily suffering was inflicted on him--stoning, scourging, long and weary periods of imprisonment, were among the repeated sufferings he endured for his Master's sake. The question has been asked why, out of the pages of the closely written diary of his life's experiences, does St. Paul select the events which took place at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra? Was there anything special in what he endured in these places? The most satisfactory answer seems to be that, with regard to the general reader or hearer of this Epistle, what happened in these places, years before, were good examples of what had often taken place since. These were among the first cities in which St. Paul preached in the course of his missionary journeys. But a deeper reason existed for the choice of these places in his case to whom the Epistle was originally addressed. What happened on that first journey would never be forgotten by Timothy: some of the incidents were among his first experiences with St. Paul of the work--others had taken place just before St. Paul took him as his friend and associate, and, no doubt, had been often discussed in Timothy's hearing in those anxious never-to-be-forgotten hours which preceded his choice of the calling of a missionary. Hearing of these very deeds of endurance done for the crucified Master, perhaps, not a little contributed to Timothy's resolve to emulate these acts, and to join himself closely to the heroic missionary teacher. Certainly, the memory of what happened then St. Paul knew would possess a strong and weighty influence with his disciple, even though the events themselves were only such as had been repeated often since in his long life's experience. (For details respecting what took place at Antioch, &c., see Acts 13, 14)What persecutions I endured.--Some commentators understand these words as an exclamation: "What persecution I endured!" It is, however, better simply to translate the Greek, Such persecutions as I endured; in other words, Thou hast been a witness of my sufferings, such [sufferings] as I endured at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, such persecutions as I endured, but out of them, &c. Chrysostom remarks how both these clauses supply encouragement to the harassed servant of God. The first, that St. Paul displayed a noble readiness to endure persecution; the second, that God never left him alone. It was as though he said to Timothy, "surely no danger, no trouble, however great, need appall you. You know what I have gone through, yet in all God was with me and has kept me safe. Be sure He will be with you too."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_timothy/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Suffering for afflictions, A.V.; what things befell me for which came unto me, A.V.; and for but, A.V. Persecutions (διωγμοῖς); as <a href="/matthew/13-21.htm">Matthew 13:21</a>; <a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1</a>; <a href="/acts/13-50.htm">Acts 13:50</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">2 Corinthians 12:10</a>, etc. Sufferings (τοῖς παθήμασιν); usually so rendered in the A.V. (<a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Romans 8:18</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/1-5.htm">2 Corinthians 1:5</a>; <a href="/colossians/1-24.htm">Colossians 1:24</a>. etc.); rendered "afflictions" in <a href="/hebrews/10-32.htm">Hebrews 10:32</a>; <a href="/1_peter/5-9.htm">1 Peter 5:9</a>. At Antioch; in Pisidia (<a href="/acts/13-14.htm">Acts 13:14</a>). For an account of the persecutions encountered by St. Paul at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, see <a href="/acts/13.htm">Acts 13, 14</a>. It was at St. Paul's second, or rather third, visit to Lystra that he chose Timothy for his companion (<a href="/acts/16-1.htm">Acts 16:1-3</a>). I endured (ὑπενεγκα); not simply "suffered," but "underwent," willingly and firmly suffered (see <a href="/1_peter/2-19.htm">1 Peter 2:19</a>). As regards the construction, the antecedent to οῖα is παθήμασιν, and the difference between ἁ and οῖα is that ἁ would limit the reference to the actual παθήματα at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, but οῖα extends the reference to all similar sufferings. The proper English rendering is "such as befell me." But the clause at the end of the sentence should be rendered "what great persecutions I endured." As Bengel notes, "οῖος demonstrat rei gravitatem," and οῖους preceding the substantive with which it agrees (διώγμους), cannot be construed the same as οῖα the relative. The sentence, οἵους διώγμους ὑπένεγκα, is an amplification of the preceding διώγμοις: "Thou hast fully known my persecutions...viz. what great persecutions I endured." And out of them all, etc. This is added for Timothy's encouragement, that he might stand fast in the face of persecutions and sufferings. Delivered me (με ἐῥῤύσατο). Had the apostle in his mind the clause in the Lord's Prayer, "Deliver us from evil" (<a href="/matthew/6-13.htm">Matthew 6:13</a>)? Comp. <a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm">2 Timothy 4:18</a>, where the resemblance is still more striking. Observe the testimony to Christ's omnipotence in this ascription to him, in both passages, of St. Paul's deliverance (comp. <a href="/acts/18-10.htm">Acts 18:10</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_timothy/3-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[my] τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. persecutions, διωγμοῖς (diōgmois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1375.htm">Strong's 1375: </a> Chase, pursuit; persecution. From dioko; persecution. [and the] τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sufferings παθήμασιν (pathēmasin) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3804.htm">Strong's 3804: </a> From a presumed derivative of pathos; something undergone, i.e. Hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence. that οἷά (hoia) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3634.htm">Strong's 3634: </a> Probably akin to ho, hos, and hosos; such or what sort of; especially the neuter with negative, not so. came upon ἐγένετο (egeneto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. me μοι (moi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Antioch, Ἀντιοχείᾳ (Antiocheia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_490.htm">Strong's 490: </a> From Antiochus; Antiochia, a place in Syria. Iconium, Ἰκονίῳ (Ikoniō) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2430.htm">Strong's 2430: </a> Perhaps from eikon; image-like; Iconium, a place in Asia Minor. [and] ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Lystra. Λύστροις (Lystrois) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3082.htm">Strong's 3082: </a> Lystra, a place in Asia Minor. What οἵους (hoious) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3634.htm">Strong's 3634: </a> Probably akin to ho, hos, and hosos; such or what sort of; especially the neuter with negative, not so. persecutions διωγμοὺς (diōgmous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1375.htm">Strong's 1375: </a> Chase, pursuit; persecution. From dioko; persecution. I endured! ὑπήνεγκα (hypēnenka) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5297.htm">Strong's 5297: </a> To bear up under, endure, suffer. From hupo and phero; to bear from underneath, i.e. to undergo hardship. Yet καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord Κύριος (Kyrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. rescued ἐρρύσατο (errysato) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4506.htm">Strong's 4506: </a> To rescue, deliver (from danger or destruction). me με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. all [of them]. πάντων (pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. 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