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# as a child serves his father, so he served with me
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Paul speaks of Timothy, who served Christ with Paul, as if he were a child serving his father. Paul is emphasizing the close father-son relationship he has with Timothy in serving Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# in the gospel
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Here "the gospel" stands for the activity of telling people about Jesus. AT: "in telling people about the gospel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon
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"I am sure, if it is the Lord's will, that I will also come soon" |