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2 Timothy

Be Strong in Grace and Guard the Gospel

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, 2to Timothy, my beloved child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord. 3I give thanks to the God whom I serve from my ancestors with a clean conscience, as I continually remember you in my prayers night and day, 4longing to see you, remembering your tears, so that I may be filled with joy. 5I am reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that it also dwells in you. 6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline. 8Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God. 9who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time, 10but now has been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and incorruptibility to light through the gospel, 11for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher. 12For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and I am persuaded that he is able to guard my deposit until that day. 13Hold the pattern of sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. 15You know this, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain. 17But when he was in Rome, he diligently sought me and found me. 18May the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well how many ways he served in Ephesus.
Chapter 2
1You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2and the things you heard from me among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will also be able to teach others. 3Join in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him. 5And if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully. 6The farmer who labors must be the first to partake of the fruits. 7Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things. 8Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel, 9in which I suffer to the point of chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound. 10Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11The word is faithful: If we died with him, we will also live with him; 12if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; 13if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
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