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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, |
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to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. |
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I thank God, whom I serve fromas my forefathers indid, with a pure conscience,. howHow unceasing is my remembrancememory of theeyou in my supplicationspetitions, night and day |
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longing to see theeyou, remembering thyyour tears, that I may be filled with joy; |
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having been reminded of the unfeignedsincere faith that is in thee;you, which dweltlived first in thyyour grandmother Lois, and thyyour mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in theeyou also. |
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For whichthis cause, I putremind theeyou inthat remembranceyou thatshould thou stir up the gift of God, which is in theeyou through the laying on of my hands. |
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For God gavedidnt give us not a spirit of fearfulness;fear, but of power, and love, and disciplineself control. |
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BeTherefore notdont be ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner:; but sufferendure hardship withfor the gospelGood News according to the power of God;, |
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who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal, |
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but hathhas now been manifestedrevealed by the appearing of our SaviourSavior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,Good News. |
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whereuntoFor this I was appointed as a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. |
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For whichthis cause I also suffer also these things:. yetYet I am not ashamed;, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed untoto him against that day. |
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Hold the pattern of sound words which thouyou hasthave heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. |
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That good thing which was committed untoto theeyou, guard through the Holy Spirit whichwho dwellethdwells in us. |
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This thouyou knowestknow, that all thatwho are in Asia turned away from me;, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. |
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TheMay the Lord grant mercy untoto the house of Onesiphorus:, for he oftoften refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;, |
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but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me |
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the Lord grant untoto him to find mercythe ofLords themercy Lord in that day; and in how many things he ministeredserved at Ephesus, thouyou knowestknow very well. |
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ThouYou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
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AndThe the things which thouyou hasthave heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same committhings thou to faithful men, who shallwill be able to teach others also. |
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SufferYou hardshiptherefore withmust me,endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. |
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No soldier on serviceduty entanglethentangles himself in the affairs of this life;, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. |
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AndAlso, if alsoanyone acompetes man contend in the gamesathletics, he isisnt not crowned, exceptunless he havehas contendedcompeted lawfullyby the rules. |
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The husbandmanfarmer thatwho laborethlabors must be the first to partakeget a share of the fruitscrops. |
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Consider what I say;, forand may the Lord shall give theeyou understanding in all things. |
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Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seedoffspring of David, according to my gospel:Good News, |
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whereinin which I suffer hardship untoto bonds,the point of chains as a malefactor;criminal. butBut theGods word ofisnt God is not boundchained. |
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Therefore I endure all things for the electschosen ones sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. |
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FaithfulThis saying is the sayingtrustworthy: For if we died with him, we shallwill also live with him:. |
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ifIf we endure, we shallwill also reign with him:. ifIf we shall deny him, he also will deny us:. |
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ifIf we are faithless, he abidethremains faithful; for he cannotcant deny himself. |
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OfRemind them of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strivedont notargue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of themthose thatwho hear. |
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Give diligence to present thyselfyourself approved untoby God, a workman thatwho needethdoesnt notneed to be ashamed, properly handling aright the wordWord of truthTruth. |
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But shun profaneempty babblings:chatter, for theyit will proceedgo further in ungodliness, |
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and theirthose wordwords will eatconsume aslike doth a gangrene:, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;: |
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men who have erred concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is already past already, and overthrowoverthrowing the faith of some. |
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HowbeitHowever, theGods firm foundation of God standethstands, having this seal,: The Lord knowethknows themthose thatwho are his:, and, Let every one thatwho namethnames the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness. |
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Now in a greatlarge house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth;clay. andSome someare untofor honor, and some untofor dishonor. |
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If aanyone man therefore purgepurges himself from these, he shallwill be a vessel untofor honor, sanctified, meetand suitable for the masters use, prepared untofor every good work. |
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ButFlee fleefrom youthful lusts,; andbut followpursue after righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with themthose thatwho call on the Lord out of a pure heart. |
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But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gendergenerate strifesstrife. |
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AndThe the Lords servant must not strivequarrel, but be gentle towardstoward all, aptable to teach, forbearingpatient, |
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in meeknessgentleness correcting themthose thatwho oppose themselves;him. ifPerhaps peradventure God may give them repentance untoleading theto a full knowledge of the truth, |
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and they may recover themselves out of the devils snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him untoto do his will. |
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But know this,: that in the last days, grievous times shallwill come. |
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For men shallwill be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughtyarrogant, railersblasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, |
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without natural affection, implacableunforgiving, slanderers, without self control, fierce, nonot lovers of good, |
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traitors, headstrong, puffed upconceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;, |
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holding a form of godliness, but having denied theits power. thereof:Turn away from these, also turn away. |
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For some of these are theypeople thatwho creep into houses, and take captive sillygullible women ladenloaded down with sins, led away by diversvarious lusts, |
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everalways learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. |
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AndEven even as Jannes and Jambres withstoodopposed Moses, so do these also withstandoppose the truth;, men corrupted in mind, reprobatewho concerning the faith are rejected. |
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But they shallwill proceed no further:. forFor their folly shallwill be evident untoto all men, as theirs also came to be. |
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But thouyou didstfollowed follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsufferingpatience, love, patiencesteadfastness, |
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persecutions, and sufferings;—those what things befellthat happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, atand Lystra;. whatI endured those persecutions. IThe endured:Lord anddelivered me out of them all the Lord delivered me. |
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YeaYes, and all thatwho woulddesire to live godly in Christ Jesus shallwill suffer persecution. |
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But evil men and impostors shallwill waxgrow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. |
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But abideyou thouremain in the things which thouyou hasthave learned and hasthave been assured of, knowing offrom whom thouyou hasthave learned them;. |
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andFrom thatinfancy, fromyou ahave babe thou hast known the sacredholy writingsScriptures which are able to make theeyou wise untofor salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. |
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Every scriptureScripture inspiredis of God isbreathed alsoand profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness:, |
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that theeach manperson ofwho belongs to God may be complete, furnishedthoroughly completelyequipped untofor every good work. |
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I chargecommand theeyou intherefore thebefore sight of God, and ofthe ChristLord Jesus Christ, who shallwill judge the living and the dead, andat by his appearing and his kingdomKingdom: |
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preach the word; be urgent in season, and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all longsufferingpatience and teaching. |
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For the time will come when they will not endurelisten to the sound doctrine;, but, having itching ears, will heap toup for themselves teachers after their own lusts;, |
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and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn asideaway untoto fables. |
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But you be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfiland thyfulfill your ministry. |
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For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure ishas come. |
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I have fought the good fight,. I have finished the course,. I have kept the faith:. |
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henceforthFrom therenow on, the crown of righteousness is laidstored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shallwill give to me aton that day; and not to me only, but also to all themthose thatwho have loved his appearing. |
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GiveBe diligencediligent to come shortlyto untome me:soon, |
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for Demas forsookleft me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia,; and Titus to Dalmatia. |
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Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee;you, for he is useful to me for ministeringservice. |
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But Tychicus I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. |
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TheBring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thouyou comest, come—and the books, especially the parchments. |
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Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: theto me. The Lord will renderrepay to him according to his works:deeds. |
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Beware of whomhim, do thou also beware; for he greatly withstoodopposed our words. |
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At my first defencedefense, no one tookcame myto parthelp me, but all forsookleft me:. mayMay it not be laidheld toagainst their accountthem. |
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But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me;, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear:. andSo I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. |
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TheAnd the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will savepreserve me untofor his heavenly kingdom:Kingdom. toTo whomhim be the glory forforever ever and ever. Amen. |
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SaluteGreet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus. |
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Erastus remained at Corinth:, but Trophimus I left Trophimus at Miletus sick. |
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GiveBe diligencediligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutethsalutes theeyou, andas do Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethrenbrothers. |
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The Lord Jesus Christ be with thyyour spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. |