Study To Show Approval is a Myth. The literal translation of 2 Timothy 2:15 is You must now Be Diligent to present yourself approved to God, a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, teaching the doctrine of the Truth correctly and directly. Even the Latin text has to be diligent. It is important not just for pastors to be diligent, but every one of us Christians must be diligent to show with every word we speak and everything we do that we have a close relationship with the Most High God, the King of the Universe. (See Be Diligent in Teachings.)