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18 For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
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18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
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19 For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.
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19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.
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20 And the God of peace will be crushing Satan under your feet before long. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
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21 Timothy, who is working with me, sends his love to you, so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relations.
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21 Timothy, my fellow worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.
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22 I, Tertius, who have done the writing of this letter, send love in the Lord.
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22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
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23 Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.
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23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city's director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.
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24 Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,
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25 Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,
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25 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him--
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26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
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26 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
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27 To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory for ever. So be it.
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