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| 1:1 |
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
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| 1:2 |
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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| 1:3 |
I am grateful to God-- whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did-- when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
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| 1:4 |
Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
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| 1:5 |
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.
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| 1:6 |
For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands;
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| 1:7 |
for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
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| 1:8 |
Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God,
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| 1:9 |
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
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| 1:10 |
but it has now been revealed through 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 this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,
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| 1:12 |
and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him.
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| 1:13 |
Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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| 1:14 |
Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.
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| 1:15 |
You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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| 1:16 |
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;
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| 1:17 |
when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me
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| 1:18 |
-- may the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well how much service he rendered in Ephesus.
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