“For faithful is the Word, for if we died with Him , we shall also live with Him .” (2Timothy 2:11) In other translations this verse begins “It is a faithful saying.” The Greek word that was translated faithful means trustworthy, trustful, sure and true. It is a sure thing. It is a true thing that if we died with Jesus, we would live with Him. The key phrase begins with the word “if.” Paul is reiterating something that he more than likely repeated many times. Timothy spen