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Thoutherefore,myson, be strongin the grace that is inChristJesus.
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And the things that thou hast heardofmeamong[a]manywitnesses, the same commit thou to faithfulmen,who shall beable to teachothersalso.
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Thoutherefore endure hardness, as a goodsoldier of JesusChrist.
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No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life;that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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Andif a manalsostrive for masteries, yet is henotcrowned, except he strivelawfully.
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The husbandman that laboureth must befirstpartaker of the fruits.
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Considerwhat I say; and the Lordgivetheeunderstandingin all things.
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Remember that JesusChristof the seed of David was raisedfrom the dead according tomygospel:
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WhereinI suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even untobonds;but the word of Godisnotbound.
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ThereforeIendure all thingsfor the elect'ssakes,thattheymayalsoobtain the salvationwhich is inChristJesuswitheternalglory.
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It is a faithfulsaying:Forif we be dead with him, we shallalso live with him:
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If we suffer, we shallalso reign with him: if we deny him, he also will denyus:
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If we believe not, yet heabidethfaithful: he cannot*denyhimself.
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Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strivenot about wordstonoprofit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
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Study to shewthyselfapproved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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Butshunprofane and vain babblings:for they will increaseuntomoreungodliness.
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Andtheirword will eat*as doth a canker:[b] of whomisHymenaeusandPhiletus;
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Whoconcerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is pastalready;andoverthrow the faith of some.
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Nevertheless the foundation of Godstandethsure,[c]havingthisseal, The Lordknoweth them that arehis.And,Let every one that nameth the name of Christdepartfrominiquity.
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Butin a greathouse there arenotonlyvessels of goldand of silver,butalso of woodand of earth;andsome*tohonour,andsometodishonour.
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If a manthereforepurgehimselffromthese, he shall be a vesseluntohonour,sanctified, andmeet for the master's use, and prepareduntoeverygoodwork.
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Fleealsoyouthfullusts:butfollowrighteousness,faith,charity,peace,with them that call on the Lord out of a pureheart.
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Butfoolishandunlearnedquestionsavoid, knowingthat they do genderstrifes.
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And the servant of the Lordmustnotstrive; butbegentleuntoall men, apt to teach,patient,[d]
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Inmeeknessinstructing those that oppose themselves; ifGodperadventure will givethemrepentanceto the acknowledging of the truth;
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And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captivebyhimathiswill.