2 Timothy 2:15

The Lord’s Approved Workman

14Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.15Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

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Berean Standard Bible
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
American Standard Version (1901)
Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Carefully study to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Free Bible Version
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.
Geneva Bible 1599
Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workeman that needeth not to be ashamed, diuiding the worde of trueth aright.
King James (Authorized) Version
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Plain English Version
Try your best to be the sort of teacher that God likes. He likes teachers that teach the true message, and that help people understand it properly. That’s how you have to work for God.
Translation for Translators
◄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.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no reason to be ashamed, who accurately teaches the word of truth.
Noah Webster Bible
Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
World English Bible
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
Young's Literal Translation
be diligent to present thyself approved to God — a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;