Encouragement
To Be Faithful
Paul,
an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the Will of God,
According
to the Promise of Life
That
is in Christ Jesus,
2
To Timothy, my dear son:
Grace,
Mercy and Peace from God the Father
And
Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I
thank God, Whom I serve, as my forefathers did,
With
a Clear Conscience,
As
night and day
I
constantly remember you in my Prayers.
4
Recalling your tears, I long to see you,
So
that I may be filled with joy.
5 I
have been reminded of your Sincere Faith,
Which
first lived in your grandmother Lois
And
in your mother Eunice
and,
I am Persuaded, not lives in you also.
6
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 DID NOT GIVE US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY,
BUT
OF POWER, OF LOVE AND OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.
8
So do not be Ashamed to Testify about our Lord,
Or
Ashamed of me His Prisoner.
BUT
JOIN WITH ME IN SUFFERING FOR THE GOSPEL,
BY
THE POWER OF GOD,
WHO
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 AS GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS
BEFORE
THE BEGINNING OF TIME,
But
now has 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 of this Gospel I was appointed a Herald
And
an Apostle and a Teacher.
12
THAT IS WHY I AM SUFFERING AS I AM.
Yet
I am not Ashamed,
Because
I know whom I have believed,
And
am Convinced
That
He is able to Guard what I have Entrusted to Him
FOR
THAT DAY.
13
What you heard from me,
Keep
as the Pattern of Sound Teaching,
With
Faith and Love In Christ Jesus.
14
GUARD THE GOOD DEPOSIT
THAT
WAS ENTRUSTED TO YOU--
GUARD
IT WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO
LIVE IN US.
15
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia
Has
Deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermongenes.
16
May the Lord show Mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,
Because
he often Refreshed me
And
was not Ashamed of my Chains.
17
On the Contrary,
When
he was in Rome, he searched hard for me
Until
he found me.
18
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.
(2
Timothy 1)
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