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18 This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,
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Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,
19 holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith,
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holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.
20 among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
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