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12 Because the stakes are so high, even though you're up-to-date on all this truth and practice it inside and out, I'm not going to let up for a minute in calling you to attention before it.
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So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.
13 This is the post to which I've been assigned - keeping you alert with frequent reminders - and I'm sticking to it as long as I live.
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I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
14 I know that I'm to die soon; the Master has made that quite clear to me.
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because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
15 And so I am especially eager that you have all this down in black and white so that after I die, you'll have it for ready reference.
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And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
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