G2532–καί–kai

To Timothy my dearly-loved child. May grace, mercy and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience--as my forefathers did--that night and day I unceasingly remember you in my prayers,

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For I recall the sincere faith which is in your heart--a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and then in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully convinced, now dwells in you also.

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For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.

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For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,

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but which has now been plainly revealed through the Appearing of our Saviour, Christ Jesus. He has put an end to death and has brought Life and Immortality to light through the Good News,

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of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.

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That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.

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Provide yourself with an outline of the sound teaching which you have heard from my lips, and be true to the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

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Of this you are aware, that all the Christians in Roman Asia have deserted me: and among them Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for many a time he cheered me and he was not ashamed of my chain.

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Nay, when he was here in Rome, he took great pains to inquire where I was living, and at last he found me.

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(The Lord grant that he may obtain mercy at His hands on that day!) And you yourself well know all the services which he rendered me in Ephesus.

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All that you have been taught by me in the hearing of many witnesses, you must hand on to trusty men who shall themselves, in turn, be competent to instruct others also.

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And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules.

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For this reason I endure all things for the sake of God's own people; so that they also may obtain salvation--even the salvation which is in Christ Jesus--and with it eternal glory.

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Faithful is the saying: "If we died with Him, we shall also live with Him;

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"If we patiently endure pain, we shall also share His Kingship; "If we disown Him, He will also disown us;

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and their teaching will spread like a running sore. Hymenaeus and Philetus are men of that stamp.

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In the matter of the truth they have gone astray, saying that the Resurrection is already past, and so they are overthrowing the faith of some.

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Yet God's solid foundation stands unmoved, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who really belong to Him." And this also, "Let every one who names the Name of the Lord renounce all wickedness."

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Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use.

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If therefore a man keeps himself clear of these latter, he himself will be for specially honourable use, consecrated, fit for the Master's service, and fully equipped for every good work.

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But avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, knowing--as you do--that these lead to quarrels;

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and recover sober-mindedness and freedom from the Devil's snare, though they are now entrapped by him to do his will.

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