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2 TIMOTHY |
Chapter 1
2TI 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
God, according to the promise of life in Christ
Jesus,
2TI 1:2 to Timothy, my beloved son:
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and
Christ Jesus our Lord.
2TI 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve with a
clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as
I constantly remember you in my prayers night
and day,
2TI 1:4 longing to see you, even as I
recall your tears, so that I may be filled with
joy.
2TI 1:5 For I am mindful of the sincere
faith within you, which first dwelt in your
grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I
am sure that it is in you as well.
2TI 1:6 And for this reason I remind you
to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you
through the laying on of my hands.
2TI 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit
of timidity, but of power and love and
discipline.
2TI 1:8 Therefore do not be ashamed of
the testimony of our Lord, or of me His
prisoner; but join with me in suffering for the
gospel according to the power of God,
2TI 1:9 who has saved us, and called us
with a holy calling, not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace which
was granted us in Christ Jesus from all
eternity,
2TI 1:10 but now has been revealed by the
appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who
abolished death, and brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel,
2TI 1:11 for which I was appointed a
preacher and an apostle and a teacher.
2TI 1:12 For this reason I also suffer
these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know
whom I have believed and I am convinced that He
is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him
until that day.
2TI 1:13 Retain the standard of sound
words which you have heard from me, in the faith
and love which are in Christ Jesus.
2TI 1:14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit
who dwells in us, the treasure which has been
entrusted to you.
2TI 1:15 You are aware of the fact that
all who are in Asia turned away from me, among
whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
2TI 1:16 The Lord grant mercy to the
house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me,
and was not ashamed of my chains;
2TI 1:17 but when he was in Rome, he
eagerly searched for me, and found me - -
2TI 1:18 the Lord grant to him to find
mercy from the Lord on that day - - and you know
very well what services he rendered at Ephesus.
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Chapter 2
2TI 2:1
You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace
that is in Christ Jesus.
2TI 2:2 And the things which you have
heard from me in the presence of many witnesses,
these entrust to faithful men, who will be able
to teach others also.
2TI 2:3 Suffer hardship with me, as a
good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2TI 2:4 No soldier in active service
entangles himself in the affairs of everyday
life, so that he may please the one who enlisted
him as a soldier.
2TI 2:5 And also if anyone competes as an
athlete, he does not win the prize unless he
competes according to the rules.
2TI 2:6 The hard-working farmer ought to
be the first to receive his share of the crops.
2TI 2:7 Consider what I say, for the Lord
will give you understanding in everything.
2TI 2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from
the dead, descendant of David, according to my
gospel,
2TI 2:9 for which I suffer hardship even
to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of
God is not imprisoned.
2TI 2:10 For this reason I endure all
things for the sake of those who are chosen,
that they also may obtain the salvation which is
in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
2TI 2:11 It is a trustworthy statement:
For if we died with Him, we shall also live with
Him;
2TI 2:12 If we endure, we shall also
reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will
deny us;
2TI 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains
faithful; for He cannot deny Himself.
2TI 2:14 Remind them of these things, and
solemnly charge them in the presence of God not
to wrangle about words, which is useless, and
leads to the ruin of the hearers.
2TI 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself
approved to God as a workman who does not need
to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of
truth.
2TI 2:16 But avoid worldly and empty
chatter, for it will lead to further
ungodliness,
2TI 2:17 and their talk will spread like
gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2TI 2:18 men who have gone astray from
the truth saying that the resurrection has
already taken place, and thus they upset the
faith of some.
2TI 2:19 Nevertheless, the firm
foundation of God stands, having this seal, "The
Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let
everyone who names the name of the Lord abstain
from wickedness."
2TI 2:20 Now in a large house there are
not only gold and silver vessels, but also
vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to
honor and some to dishonor.
2TI 2:21 Therefore, if a man cleanses
himself from these things, he will be a vessel
for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master,
prepared for every good work.
2TI 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts,
and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace,
with those who call on the Lord from a pure
heart.
2TI 2:23 But refuse foolish and ignorant
speculations, knowing that they produce
quarrels.
2TI 2:24 And the Lord's bond-servant must
not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to
teach, patient when wronged,
2TI 2:25 with gentleness correcting those
who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant
them repentance leading to the knowledge of the
truth,
2TI 2:26 and they may come to their
senses and escape from the snare of the devil,
having been held captive by him to do his will.
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Chapter 3
2TI 3:1
But realize this, that in the last days
difficult times will come.
2TI 3:2 For men will be lovers of self,
lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers,
disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
2TI 3:3 unloving, irreconcilable,
malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal,
haters of good,
2TI 3:4 treacherous, reckless, conceited,
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
2TI 3:5 holding to a form of godliness,
although they have denied its power; and avoid
such men as these.
2TI 3:6 For among them are those who
enter into households and captivate weak women
weighed down with sins, led on by various
impulses,
2TI 3:7 always learning and never able to
come to the knowledge of the truth.
2TI 3:8 And just as Jannes and Jambres
opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the
truth, men of depraved mind, rejected as regards
the faith.
2TI 3:9 But they will not make further
progress; for their folly will be obvious to
all, as also that of those two came to be.
2TI 3:10 But you followed my teaching,
conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love,
perseverance,
2TI 3:11 persecutions, and sufferings,
such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium
and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and
out of them all the Lord delivered me!
2TI 3:12 And indeed, all who desire to
live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2TI 3:13 But evil men and impostors will
proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being
deceived.
2TI 3:14 You, however, continue in the
things you have learned and become convinced of,
knowing from whom you have learned them;
2TI 3:15 and that from childhood you have
known the sacred writings which are able to give
you the wisdom that leads to salvation through
faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2TI 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God
and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, for training in righteousness;
2TI 3:17 that the man of God may be
adequate, equipped for every good work.
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Chapter 4
2TI 4:1
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and
of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and
the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:
2TI 4:2 preach the word; be ready in
season and out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort, with great patience and instruction.
2TI 4:3 For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to
have their ears tickled, they will accumulate
for themselves teachers in accordance to their
own desires;
2TI 4:4 and will turn away their ears
from the truth, and will turn aside to myths.
2TI 4:5 But you, be sober in all things,
endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist,
fulfill your ministry.
2TI 4:6 For I am already being poured out
as a drink offering, and the time of my
departure has come.
2TI 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I
have finished the course, I have kept the faith;
2TI 4:8 in the future there is laid up
for me the crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on
that day; and not only to me, but also to all
who have loved His appearing.
2TI 4:9 Make every effort to come to me
soon;
2TI 4:10 for Demas, having loved this
present world, has deserted me and gone to
Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,
Titus to Dalmatia.
2TI 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Pick up
Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to
me for service.
2TI 4:12 But Tychicus I have sent to
Ephesus.
2TI 4:13 When you come bring the cloak
which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the
books, especially the parchments.
2TI 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me
much harm; the Lord will repay him according to
his deeds.
2TI 4:15 Be on guard against him
yourself, for he vigorously opposed our
teaching.
2TI 4:16 At my first defense no one
supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be
counted against them.
2TI 4:17 But the Lord stood with me, and
strengthened me, in order that through me the
proclamation might be fully accomplished, and
that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was
delivered out of the lion's mouth.
2TI 4:18 The Lord will deliver me from
every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His
heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever
and ever. Amen.
2TI 4:19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the
household of Onesiphorus.
2TI 4:20 Erastus remained at Corinth, but
Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.
2TI 4:21 Make every effort to come before
winter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and
Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.
2TI 4:22 The Lord be with your spirit.
Grace be with you.
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