1This 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.G3972G652G2424G5547G1223G2307G2316G2596G1860G2222G3588G1722G5547G24242I am writing to Timothy, my dear son. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.G5095G27G5043G5485G1656G1515G575G2316G3962G2532G5547G2424G2257G2962
Encouragement to Be Faithful
3Timothy, 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.G2192G5485G2316G3739G3000G575G4269G1722G2513G4893G5613G88G2192G3417G4012G4675G1722G3450G1162G3571G2532G22504I 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.G1971G1492G4571G3415G4675G1144G2443G4137G54795I 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.G2983G5280G505G4102G1722G4671G3748G1774G4412G1722G4675G3125G3090G2532G4675G3384G2131G1161G3982G3754G1722G4671G25326This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.G1223G3739G156G363G4571G363G329G5486G2316G3739G2076G1722G4671G1223G1936G3450G54957For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.G1063G2316G1325G3756G1325G2254G4151G1167G235G1411G2532G26G2532G49958So 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.G1870G3361G1870G3767G1870G3142G2257G2962G3366G1691G846G1198G235G4777G2098G2596G1411G23169For 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.G3588G4982G2248G2532G2564G40G2821G3756G2596G2257G2041G235G2596G2398G4286G2532G5485G3588G1325G2254G1722G5547G2424G4253G5550G16610And 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.G1161G5319G3568G5319G1223G2015G2257G4990G2424G5547G3303G2673G2288G1161G5461G2222G2532G861G5461G1223G209811And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.G1519G3739G1473G5087G2783G2532G652G2532G1320G148412That 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.G1223G3739G156G3958G2532G3958G5023G235G1870G3756G1870G1063G1492G3739G4100G2532G3982G3754G2076G1415G5442G3450G3866G1519G1565G225013Hold 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.G2192G5296G5198G3056G3739G191G3844G1700G1722G4102G2532G26G3588G1722G5547G242414Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you.G2570G3872G5442G1223G40G4151G3588G1774G1722G225415As you know, everyone from the province of Asia has deserted me—even Phygelus and Hermogenes.G5124G1492G3754G3956G1722G773G654G3165G3739G2076G5436G2532G206116May 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.G2962G1325G1656G3624G3683G3754G404G4178G404G3165G2532G1870G3756G1870G3450G25417When he came to Rome, he searched everywhere until he found me.G235G1096G1722G4516G2212G3165G2212G4706G2532G214718May the Lord show him special kindness on the day of Christ's return. And you know very well how helpful he was in Ephesus.G2962G1325G846G2147G1656G3844G2962G1722G1565G2250G2532G3745G1247G1722G2181G4771G1097G957
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until the day of his return.G1223
