I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.' - Jim Elliot Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine.

'God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn up for Thee.

And when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted.' - Nate Saint They forget that they too are expending their lives.

'People who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries.

The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.' - Henry Martyn

'The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions.

'God had only one Son, and He made Him a missionary.' - David Livingstone.

'He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.'.

Whatever your hardship or affliction, bear up under it for the sake of the gospel.

So in short, Συγκακοπαθησον is a word of encouragement for true Christians.

Both were in different, but difficult situations. Paul was in prison, when he wrote to Timothy who was likely pastoring a church. The difficulties we face are different for each person, but the situation always seems hard when we're the one facing the affliction. If we are true Christians, each of us has some sort of hardship or affliction to endure for the gospel, for Jesus promised that in the world we will experience trouble - it's not a question, it's a guarantee.

It is also used of Moses in Hebrews 11:25 when he is said to have chosen to 'suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin' in Egypt.

Συγκακοπαθησον is the Greek word found in 2Tim 2:3, when Paul encouraged Timothy to 'endure hardness (or hardship) as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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