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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

Paul's Greeting to Timothy

Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, according to promise of life, the [life] which [is] in Christ Jesus,

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To Timothy, my dear son:
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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to Timotheus, [my] beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Thanksgiving

I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.

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Encouragement to Be Faithful

I am thankful to God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,

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Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

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earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

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I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

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calling to mind the unfeigned faith which [has been] in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.

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Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

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Patience in Persecution

For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

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For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

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For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.

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So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.

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Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God;

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He has saved us and called us to a holy life — not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

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who has saved us, and has 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 [the] ages of time,

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but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

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but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings;

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And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.

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to which *I* have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of [the] nations.

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That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

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For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

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What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.

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Hold to Sound Teaching

Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which [are] in Christ Jesus.

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Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you — guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

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Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted.

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Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty

You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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Thou knowest this, that all who [are] in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me.

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May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

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The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;

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On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.

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but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found [me] --

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May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.

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the Lord grant to him to find mercy from [the] Lord in that day -- and how much service he rendered in Ephesus *thou* knowest best.

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2 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 1