2 Timothy 2:11-13 BSB

“11This is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with Him,
we will also live with Him;
12if we endure,
we will also reign with Him;
if we deny Him,
He will also deny us;
13if we are faithless,
He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny Himself.”

The Gospel of our salvation is not a free ride to heaven based off lip service only. Once Saved Always Saved is NOT a biblical doctrine of salvation, but a creation of human origin to appease human flesh. There are conditional “if” statements all throughout the New Testament Scriptures with regard to our salvation from sin and our eternal life with God, and we need to know them and to take them seriously, for where we will spend eternity depends on us knowing and obeying the truth and not the lies which are being spread.

If We Died With Him (2 Timothy 2:11)

“If we died with Him, we will also live with Him.”

When Jesus Christ was put to death on that cross it was to put our sins to death with him. And when he rose from the grave, it was in victory over sin, death, hell, and Satan. And all this was on our behalf in order that, by biblical faith in Jesus, we will now deny self, die to sin daily, and follow our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, in surrender to his will, and no longer as slaves to sin. He does not demand absolute perfection, but he does demand that now death to sin and obedience to God be what we practice.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 4:17-32; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6]

If We Endure (2 Timothy 2:12)

“If we endure, we will also reign with Him.”

And to endure is to persevere in, to remain in, and to abide in Christ. And to abide is to comply with, obey, follow, conform to, uphold, and to continue with Christ in his teachings, to put them into practice in our daily lives. For our salvation from sin is not a one time deal and now we are good to go for eternity. Our salvation is progressive. We are saved (past). We are being saved (present active). And we will be saved (future) when Jesus returns, but provided that we continue in him in walks of obedience to his commands and that we do not deny him and return to living in sin in rejection of him.

[Matthew 24:9-14; Romans 8:24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5,9]

If We Deny Him (2 Timothy 2:12)

“If we deny Him, He will also deny us.”

So what does it mean to deny Christ? It means to refuse him, to reject him, to contradict him, and to disallow him, which is what we do if we choose our sins over obedience to our Lord. If sin is still what we practice (by habit) and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, then according to the Scriptures, we do not know Christ, we are not in fellowship with Christ, and we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. For Jesus taught that to come to him we must deny self, die to sin, and obey his commands.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Peter 2:24]

If We Are Faithless (2 Timothy 2:13)

“If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”

Please pay careful attention to what this says, and then compare it to the teachings in 2 Timothy 2:11-12. For many people are teaching this out of context, and they are teaching the faithless (i.e. those who are still living in deliberate and habitual sin against God, and not in walks of obedience to his commands), that even if they are faithless, that God will remain faithful to them to secure them salvation from sin and to give them eternal life with God. But that is antibiblical! And it contradicts the three previous statements in the previous verses. So context is critical to correct biblical interpretation.

So read the whole passage! If we die with him to sin, we will live with him. If we endure with him, we will reign with him. But if we deny him, by how we live, he will deny us and we will not have salvation from sin, and we will not have eternal life with God, because God remains faithful to his promises, which includes his warnings. God does not change if we change. What he said he will do, he will do, which includes denying us entry into eternal life with him because we refused to obey him and we obeyed sin, instead.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Keep On!

An Original Work / December 15, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Praise the Lord! Praise Him now!
Before Him humbly bow.
Repent of your sins now.
Turn to Him; obey now.
Walk in fellowship with Him daily,
And abide in His truth.
He will forgive you,
And He’ll cleanse you,
And He’ll give you new life.

Trust in Him. He is truth.
He will not forsake you.
Rest in Him. Let Him lead.
He will meet all your needs.
Obey His ev’ry word to you,
And listen to all He says.
He will be faithful
In all His promises,
So rest in Him.

Do not bow – gods of men.
Let Christ rule in your hearts.
Do not stop – share your faith.
Keep on: speak Jesus’ name.
Share His truth with all He leads you to
Be a witness for Him.
Never yield to sin
Against your God.
Obey Him in ev’ry way.

If We, Then We
An Original Work / July 4, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love