Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
18 Keep on praying for us. We are sure we have a clear conscience, because we want to do the right thing at all times.
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Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
19 And I beg you even more earnestly to pray that God will send me back to you soon.
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I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.
20 God has raised from death our Lord Jesus, who is the Great Shepherd of the sheep as the result of his blood, by which the eternal covenant is sealed. May the God of peace provide you with every good thing you need in order to do his will, and may he, through Jesus Christ, do in us what pleases him. And to Christ be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
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Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
22 I beg you, my friends, to listen patiently to this message of encouragement; for this letter I have written you is not very long.
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Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.
23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been let out of prison. If he comes soon enough, I will have him with me when I see you.
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I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
24 Give our greetings to all your leaders and to all God's people. The believers from Italy send you their greetings.
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Greet all your leaders and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy send you their greetings.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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