Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION ( ESV ). 2 Timothy 2:3 reads as follows: "3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus."
The phrase "a good soldier of Christ Jesus," in verse three ( above ), has a cross-reference to 1 Timothy 1:18: verses eighteen and nineteen read as follows:
"18 This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith."
Hebrews 10:22 reads as follows: "22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water." The phrase "sprinkled clean," in verse twenty-two, has four cross-references, one of which is to chapter twelve, verse twenty-four, which reads as follows: "24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel." Moreover, the phrase "washed with pure water," also in verse twenty-two, has a cross-reference to 1 Corinthians 6:11, which reads as follows: "11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
The phrase "you were washed," in verse eleven, has three cross-references, one of which is to Acts 22:16, which reads as follows: "16 And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name." Therefore, the phrase "washed with pure water," in verse twenty-two, is a reference to baptism, and the phrase "sprinkled clean," here, is a reference to the effect of the sprinkled blood of Jesus ( such blood being implied in verse twenty-four, and cf. chapter 7 ( especially verse 27, for example ); 11:4; Luke 23:26-49 ( especially verse 33, for example; KJV, for example ); and 1 Peter 1:1-3 ( especially verse 2, for example ), for example ), with which one comes in contact through this act ( see also Colossians 1:15-23 ( especially verse 20, for example ), for example ). Since, in this context, baptism results in one having a good conscience, and possessing faith and a good conscience are required in order to wage the good warfare, a good soldier of Christ Jesus is a Christian ( see Acts 11:26, for example ).
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