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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2To Timothy, my dear son: 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 my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. |
| 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 the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9He has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you--guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. |
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