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1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, to promote the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus.
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1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
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2 To Timothy, my dear child.
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2 To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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3 Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.I'm grateful to God, whom I serve with a good conscience as my ancestors did. I constantly remember you in my prayers day and night.
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3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
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4 When I remember your tears, I long to see you so that I can be filled with happiness.
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4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
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5 I'm reminded of your authentic faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. I'm sure that this faith is also inside you.
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5 I have been 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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6 Because of this, I'm reminding you to revive God's gift that is in you through the laying on of my hands.
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6 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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7 God didn't give us a spirit that is timid but one that is powerful, loving, and self-controlled.
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7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
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8 So don't be ashamed of the testimony about the Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, share the suffering for the good news, depending on God's power.
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8 So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,
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9 God is the one who saved and called us with a holy calling. This wasn't based on what we have done, but it was based on his own purpose and grace that he gave us in Christ Jesus before time began.
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9 who 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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10 Now his grace is revealed through the appearance of our savior, Christ Jesus. He destroyed death and brought life and immortality into clear focus through the good news.
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10 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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11 I was appointed a messenger, apostle, and teacher of this good news.
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11 And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.
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12 This is also why I'm suffering the way I do, but I'm not ashamed. I know the one in whom I've placed my trust. I'm convinced that God is powerful enough to protect what he has placed in my trust until that day.
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12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.
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13 Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you heard from me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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13 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
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14 Protect this good thing that has been placed in your trust through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
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14 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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15 You know that everyone in Asia has turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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16 May the Lord show mercy to Onesiphorus' household, because he supported me many times and he wasn't ashamed of my imprisonment.
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16 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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17 After I arrived in Rome, he quickly looked for me and found me.
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17 On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.
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18 May the Lord allow him to find his mercy on that day (and you know very well how much he served me in Ephesus).
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18 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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