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1 This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I have been sent out to tell others about the life he has promised through faith in Christ Jesus. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 I am writing to Timothy, my dear son. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace. To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. I 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 I long to see you again, for I remember your tears as we parted. And I will be filled with joy when we are together again. As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
5 I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you. I 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. I 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 This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, For 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 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
8 So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, either, even though I’m in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News. Therefore 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, So 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 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. who 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, He 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 And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News. and 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, but 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 And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News. for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.
12 That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return. which 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. That 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 Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me—a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus. Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
14 Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
15 As you know, everyone from the province of Asia has deserted me—even Phygelus and Hermogenes. You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 May the Lord show special kindness to Onesiphorus and all his family because he often visited and encouraged me. He was never ashamed of me because I was in chains. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
17 When he came to Rome, he searched everywhere until he found me. but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me— On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.
18 May the Lord show him special kindness on the day of Christ’s return. And you know very well how helpful he was in Ephesus. may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus. May 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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