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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me— |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus. |
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