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11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
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But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
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In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you
14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing,
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to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
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which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
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who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
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