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| 1:1 |
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
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| 1:2 |
to Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy [and] peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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| 1:3 |
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,
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| 1:4 |
longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.
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| 1:5 |
For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that [it is] in you as well.
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| 1:6 |
And for this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
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| 1:7 |
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
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| 1:8 |
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me His prisoner; but join with [me] in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God,
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| 1:9 |
who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,
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| 1:10 |
but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
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| 1:11 |
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.
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| 1:12 |
For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
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| 1:13 |
Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
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| 1:14 |
Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to [you].
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| 1:15 |
You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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| 1:16 |
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains;
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| 1:17 |
but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me, and found me--
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| 1:18 |
the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day-- and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus.
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