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-\v 1 I, Paul, am writing to Timothy. Christ Jesus sent me as an apostle to tell everyone that if they are united with him, God promises to make them live both now and forever.
-\v 2 Timothy, I love you like my own son. May God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord act kindly and mercifully and peacefully toward you.
+\v 1  I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle because Christ Jesus chose me to do what God wanted. God has promised me that Christ Jesus will cause me to live both now and forever.
+\v 2 I am writing to you, Timothy, whom I love as if you were my own son. May God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord act kindly and mercifully and peacefully toward you.
 
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+3 I thank God for all that he has done for you. I serve him, and my ancestors served him, too. I serve him in a manner that I know to be right. I thank him while repeatedly I pray for you at night and during the day.
 \v 3 I thank God and I serve Him because I truly want to do what he wants, just as my ancestors did. I have always remembered to pray for you, Timothy, night and day. 
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+4  While I am thanking God for you, I very much want to see you because I remember how you cried [MTY] when we separated. I want to see you in order that I may be ◄filled with joy/very happy►.
 \v 4 I really want to see you because I remember how you cried for me. If I see you again, I will rejoice so much.
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+5  I thank God because I remember that you sincerely believe in Christ Jesus. First, your grandmother, Lois, and your mother, Eunice, believed in him and, I am ◄convinced/very sure► that you also believe in him.
 \v 5 I remember that you truly believe in Jesus! First, your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice trusted their lives to Jesus Christ, and I am sure that you also trust in Jesus Christ just like they did!
 
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+6 Because I am sure that you believe in him, I remind you to do fervently/wholeheartedly [MET] what God has ◄assigned for/appointed► you to do and what he has enabled you to do. God ◄ assigned for/appointed► you to do it as a result of my putting my hands on you to show/indicate that he had chosen you to do his work.
 \v 6 Because you trust in Jesus, I remind you to start using again the gift God gave you when I put my hands on you and prayed for you.
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+7 Remember that God has put his Spirit within us. His Spirit does not cause us to be afraid. Instead, he causes us to be powerful to work for God, and he helps us to love others and to control what we say and do.
 \v 7 When God's Spirit came to us, he did not cause us to be afraid; instead, he caused us to have power to obey God, to love him and others, and to control ourselves.
 
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+8 So never be ashamed/reluctant to tell others the message about our Lord. And do not be ashamed of me, even though I am a prisoner because I preach about him. Instead, be willing to suffer as I do as you proclaim the message about Christ. Endure what you will suffer by letting God empower you to endure it. 
 \v 8 So do not think that you will have shame if you tell others about our Lord Jesus. And do not think you will have shame if you are my friend, because I am in prison because I trust in Jesus. Instead, be willing to suffer hardship as you tell others about the good news. God will make you able to suffer all hardships.
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+9  God saved us and chose us to conduct our lives in a pure way. It was not our doing good deeds/actions that caused him to do this for us—something that we did not deserve. Instead, before ◄time began/he created the world► he purposed/planned to be kind to us as a result of what Christ Jesus would do for us. 
 \v 9 He will do this because he saved us and called us to be his own people. God did not save us because of any good works we did; instead, he saved us because he planned to give us this gift! God caused the Messiah Jesus to pass this gift to us, even before the world began.
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+10 Now, as a result of our Savior Christ Jesus having come, it has been revealed {he has shown} that he acts kindly toward us. Specifically, Christ Jesus has declared that we will not remain dead after we die! He has also revealed that, as a result of our hearing and accepting the message about Christ, we will live forever in bodies that will not decay! 
 \v 10 Now everyone can see that God can save them, because our Savior the Messiah Jesus came and destroyed death and showed everyone the Gospel, the truth that he causes people to live forever.
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+11 I was chosen {Christ chose me} to go as an apostle to many places and proclaim that message to people. 
 \v 11 It was for this reason that God decided to send me to be an apostle, preacher, and teacher.
 
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+12 So, even though I suffer here in this prison, I am not ashamed of being here (OR, I am very confident), because I know Christ Jesus, the one whom I have trusted, and I am convinced/sure that he is able to keep safe the good message that he has entrusted to me (OR, the things that I have entrusted to him), and that he will reward me at the time [MTY] when he comes again.
 \v 12 In these tasks I suffer, but I am not ashamed, because I know and have trusted Jesus Christ, and I am convinced that he is able to protect my faith in him until the final day.
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+13 Be sure that you tell others the same correct message that you heard from me. And as you tell it, keep trusting in Christ Jesus and keep loving others as Christ Jesus enables you to do.
 \v 13 As you trust in Jesus Christ and love him, follow the meaning of true words, which you heard from me.
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+14 Do not let anyone persuade you to change the good message that God has entrusted/given to you. Allow the Holy Spirit who lives in us to direct what you say.
 \v 14 God is relying on you, that you will preach the good message that he gave to you. Protect that message by relying on the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
 
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+15 You know that almost all the believers in Asia province have ◄turned away from/abandoned► me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 
 \v 15 You know that almost all the believers in Asia have stopped being friends with me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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+16  But I pray that the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus for the following reasons: Often he refreshed me and, even though I was a prisoner [MTY], he was not ashamed ◄of me/ to admit he was my friend►. 
 \v 16 But I pray that the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus. Often he helped me, and he was not ashamed that I am in prison.
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+17 On the contrary, when he came here to Rome city, he diligently searched for me until he found me. 
 \v 17 On the contrary, when he came here to Rome, he kept searching for me until he found me.
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+18  I pray that the Lord will be kind to him in that day [MTY] when he, the Lord, will judge people. And how much Onesiphorus served me in Ephesus city, you know very well.
 \v 18 May the Lord be kind to Onesiphorus on the final day. You know all the ways that he helped me in Ephesus.
 
 
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 \v 1 You are like a son to me. So I urge also that you let God empower you as a result of Christ Jesus acting kindly toward you.
 \v 2 Command and trust faithful men to teach the things you heard from me and from many others who have testified in the same way to others, too.
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 \v 3 Endure as I do what we suffer for Christ Jesus, like a good soldier endures what he suffers.
 \v 4 You know that soldiers, in order to please their captain, do not become involved in civilian affairs.
 \v 5 Likewise, athletes competing in games cannot win unless they obey the rules.
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 \v 6 And the farmer who works hard must receive his share of the crops first.
 \v 7 Think about what I have just written, because, if you do, the Lord will enable you to understand everything that you need to understand.
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 \v 16 Stay away from people who talk in ways that insult God, because this kind of talk dishonors God more and more.
 \v 17 This kind of words will spread like an infectious disease. Hymenaeus and Philetus are two examples of men who talk like this.
 \v 18 These men have stopped believing. They say that the resurrection of the dead has already happened. In this way they convince some Christians to stop trusting in Christ.
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 \v 19 However, the truth about God still exists. It is like a firm foundation of a building, on which someone has written these words: "The Lord knows those who belong to him" and "Everyone who says he belongs to the Lord must stop doing wicked deeds."
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 \v 20 In a wealthy person's house there are not only utensils made of gold and of silver, but also utensils made of wood and of clay. The gold and silver utensils are used on special occasions. But the wood and clay utensils are used in ordinary times.
 \v 21 Therefore, those who rid themselves of what is evil in their lives will be able to work well for the Lord. They will be like utensils ready to do any kind of good work. They will become very useful to the Master to do special work for him, every good deed, in fact.
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 \v 22 Do not keep on wanting the sinful things that young people usually desire. Instead, try to do right things. Try to trust in God and love him. Try to live in peace. Stay together with the people who worship the Lord sincerely.
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 \v 1 When Christ Jesus comes soon to rule, he will judge those who still live and those who died. And now he and God are watching me as I command you
 \v 2 to proclaim the message about Christ. Be ready to do this when it is easy to do so and also when it is not easy. Convince people about what is right when they have done wrong. Warn them not to sin. Encourage them to follow Christ. Do these things as you teach them, and always be willing to wait for them to do better.
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 \v 3 I tell you these things, because the time will come when people among us will not follow what God truly teaches. Instead, they will find many men who will teach that it is good to do anything they wish to do. In this way, they will always be looking for something new and different to learn.
 \v 4 They will stop listening to the truth, and they will pay attention to foolish stories.
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 \v 17 But the Lord stood with me and helped me. He made me strong, so that I fully spoke his word and so that all the Gentiles listened to it. In this way God saved me from dying.
 \v 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil thing they do. He will bring me safely to where he rules in heaven. May people praise him forever. Amen.
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 \v 19 Greet Priscilla and Aquila. Greet the people in the home of Onesiphorus.