What Does 2 Timothy 2:1 Mean in the King James?
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Strength here is not self-manufactured force; it is something received inside favor.
THE MEANING
This verse speaks to you now: you are strengthened within favor, and that favor is in Jesus the Anointed One. The Greek verb carries the sense of being empowered, placing strength as something received rather than earned through self-sufficiency. Jesus is the Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous), corresponding to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshua; deliverance), from יָשַׁע (yasha; to deliver): the verse joins strengthening to deliverance.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that you must become strong by your own force before you can stand in favor.
THE ROOT
ἐνδυναμοῦ
endynamou
GROWS FROM
δυνα-
dyna-
ability, capacity, power
“strong” in this verse is endynamou. The verb can be heard as “be strengthened” or “be empowered”: strength is something received. That shifts the phrase from a demand for grit to a location, the strength is within favor.
ALSO GROWS
dynamis: power, capacity
δύναμις
The verse’s strength belongs to the same family as power itself.
dynatos: able, powerful
δυνατός
This branch describes the capacity that the verse presents as given within favor.
χάριτι
chariti
GROWS FROM
χαρι-
chari-
favor
“grace” in this verse is chariti. The verse places strength inside favor, not outside it as a reward for already being strong. The same word family also names favor freely given and the gifts that come from it.
ALSO GROWS
charizomai: show favor, grant freely
χαρίζομαι
Favor here is active and given, not a prize earned by strength.
charisma: a gift freely granted
χάρισμα
This branch shows favor taking form as something received.
Χριστῷ
Christō
GROWS FROM
χρί-
chri-
to anoint
“Christ” in this verse is Christō. Χριστός (Christos; the anointed one) is a title of nature, not a surname. Jesus is the Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous), corresponding to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshua; deliverance), from יָשַׁע (yasha; to deliver): the phrase locates empowerment in the Anointed One who is deliverance.
ALSO GROWS
chriō: anoint
χρίω
This is the action at the root of the title used in the verse.
chrisma: anointing
χρῖσμα
The related word keeps the title connected to being anointed.
THE PATTERN
Scripture locates strength in received divine enablement rather than self-sufficiency.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.THE THREAD
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.The verse repeats χάρις (charis; favor) and names δύναμις (dynamis; power), from the same δυνα- (dyna-) root-family heard in ἐνδυναμοῦ (endynamou; be empowered) here. The connection shows favor as the place where power is present even in weakness.
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