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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.” |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. |
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