2 Timothy 1 - 4
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Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by the will of God according to c the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
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To Timothy, d my beloved child: e Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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f I thank God g whom I serve, as did my ancestors, h with a clear conscience, as I remember you i constantly in my prayers night and day.
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j As I remember your tears, k I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
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I am reminded of l your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and m your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.
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For this reason I remind you n to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,
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for God gave us o a spirit not of fear but p of power and love and self-control.
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Therefore q do not be ashamed of r the testimony about our Lord, nor of s me his prisoner, but t share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
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u who saved us and v called us to a holy calling, w not because of our works but because of v his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus x before the ages began,
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and which now has y been manifested through z the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, a who abolished death and b brought life and c immortality to light through the gospel,
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d for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,
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e which is why I suffer as I do. But f I am not ashamed, for g I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until h that Day i what has been entrusted to me.
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j Follow k the pattern of l the sound words m that you have heard from me, in n the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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By the Holy Spirit o who dwells within us, guard i the good deposit entrusted to you.
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You are aware that p all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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May the Lord grant mercy to q the household of Onesiphorus, for he often r refreshed me and was not ashamed of s my chains,
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but when he arrived in Rome t he searched for me earnestly and found me -
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may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on u that Day! - and you well know all the service he v rendered at Ephesus.
2 Timothy 2
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You then, w my child, x be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
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and y what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses z entrust to faithful men a who will be able to teach others also.
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b Share in suffering as c a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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No soldier d gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
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e An athlete is not f crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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It is g the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
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Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
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Remember Jesus Christ, h risen from the dead, the i offspring of David, j as preached in my gospel,
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k for which I am suffering, l bound with chains as a criminal. But m the word of God is not bound!
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Therefore n I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain o the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with p eternal glory.
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The saying is q trustworthy, for:
r If we have died with him, we will also s live with him;
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t if we endure, we will also reign with him;
u if we deny him, he also will deny us;
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v if we are faithless, w he remains faithful -
for x he cannot deny himself.
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Remind them of these things, and y charge them before God z not to quarrel about words, a which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker b who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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But c avoid d irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
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and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are e Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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who have swerved from the truth, f saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.
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But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: g "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone h who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."
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Now in i a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, j some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
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Therefore, k if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, l ready for every good work.
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So m flee n youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with o those who call on the Lord p from a pure heart.
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Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant q controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
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And r the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but s kind to everyone, t able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
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correcting his opponents u with gentleness. God v may perhaps grant them repentance w leading to a knowledge of the truth,
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and they may come to their senses and escape from x the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
2 Timothy 3
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But understand this, that y in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
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For people will be z lovers of self, a lovers of money, b proud, b arrogant, abusive, b disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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c heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, d not loving good,
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treacherous, reckless, e swollen with conceit, f lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
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having the appearance of godliness, but g denying its power. h Avoid such people.
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For among them are i those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,
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always learning and never able to j arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
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Just as k Jannes and Jambres l opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, m men corrupted in mind and n disqualified regarding the faith.
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But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, o as was that of those two men.
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p You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,
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my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me q at Antioch, r at Iconium, and s at Lystra - which persecutions I endured; yet t from them all u the Lord rescued me.
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Indeed, all who desire to v live a godly life in Christ Jesus w will be persecuted,
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while x evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and y being deceived.
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But as for you, z continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
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and how a from childhood you have been acquainted with b the sacred writings, c which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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d All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
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that e the man of God may be competent, f equipped g for every good work.
2 Timothy 4
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h I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, i who is to judge the living and the dead, and by j his appearing and his kingdom:
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preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; k reprove, rebuke, and l exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
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m For the time is coming when people will not endure n sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
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and o will turn away from listening to the truth and p wander off into myths.
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As for you, q always be sober-minded, r endure suffering, do the work of s an evangelist, t fulfill your ministry.
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For u I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my v departure has come.
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w I have fought the good fight, x I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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Henceforth there is y laid up for me z the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, a the righteous judge, will award to me on b that Day, and not only to me but also to all c who have loved his appearing.
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d Do your best to come to me soon.
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For e Demas, f in love with g this present world, h has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, i Titus to Dalmatia.
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h Luke alone is with me. Get j Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.
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k Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.
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When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.
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l Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; m the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
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Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.
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At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. n May it not be charged against them!
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But o the Lord stood by me and p strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and q all the Gentiles might hear it. So r I was rescued s from the lion's mouth.
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The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. t To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Greet u Prisca and Aquila, and v the household of Onesiphorus.
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Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left w Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.
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x Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.
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The Lord be y with your spirit. z Grace be with you.
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2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
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1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes.
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Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
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1 Corinthians 4:17
That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
2 Timothy 2:1
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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1 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
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Acts 22:3
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets.
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1 Timothy 3:9
They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
Acts 23:1
And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.
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Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
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Acts 20:37
And there was much weeping on the part of all; they embraced Paul and kissed him.
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Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:9
Do your best to come to me soon.
2 Timothy 4:21
Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.
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Romans 12:9
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
1 Timothy 1:5
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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Acts 16:1
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
2 Timothy 3:15
And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Psalms 86:16
Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.
Psalms 116:16
O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.
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1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
Do not quench the Spirit.
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Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
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Luke 24:49
And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
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Mark 8:38
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
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1 Corinthians 1:6
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2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
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2 Timothy 2:3
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:9
For which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
2 Timothy 4:5
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope.
Titus 3:4
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared.
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Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 3:27
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
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Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
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Romans 16:26
But has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith -
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2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
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1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians 15:54 - 55
When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory.
Hebrews 2:14 - 15
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.
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Job 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life.
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Romans 2:7
To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
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1 Timothy 2:7
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle ( I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
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2 Timothy 2:9
For which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
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2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
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Psalms 10:14
But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
1 Peter 4:19
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
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2 Timothy 1:18
May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day! - and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.
2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth 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.
1 Corinthians 3:13
Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
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1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge.
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2 Timothy 3:14
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
Titus 1:9
He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
Revelation 3:3
Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
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Romans 2:20
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth -
Romans 6:17
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.
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1 Timothy 1:10
The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine.
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2 Timothy 2:2
And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
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1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
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2 Timothy 1:12
Which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
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Acts 19:10
This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
2 Timothy 4:10 - 11
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
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2 Timothy 4:19
Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
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Philemon 1:7
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
Philemon 1:20
Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
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2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
Acts 28:20
For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.
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Matthew 25:36 - 40
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
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2 Timothy 1:12
Which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
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Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
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2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
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2 Timothy 1:13
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.
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Titus 1:5
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2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
2 Timothy 4:5
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.
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2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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1 Corinthians 9:25
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
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2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth 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.
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1 Corinthians 9:10
Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
Hebrews 6:7
For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.
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1 Corinthians 15:20
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
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Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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Romans 2:16
On that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
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2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
2 Timothy 1:12
Which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
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Philippians 1:7
It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
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2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
Philippians 1:13
So that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.
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Ephesians 3:13
So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.
1 Corinthians 13:7
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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2 Corinthians 1:6
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
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1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
Romans 6:8
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
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Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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2 Thessalonians 1:4 - 5
Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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Matthew 10:33
But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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Romans 3:3
What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
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1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Numbers 23:19
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
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1 Timothy 5:21
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
1 Timothy 6:13
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession.
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1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
2 Timothy 2:23
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
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Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
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Philippians 1:20
As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
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Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
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1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge.
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1 Timothy 1:20
Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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Numbers 16:5
And he said to Korah and all his company, "In t...
Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of tr...
John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my ow...
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and th...
Luke 13:27
But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know whe...
1 Corinthians 8:3
But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
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Isaiah 26:13
O Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
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1 Timothy 3:15
If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
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Romans 9:21
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
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Proverbs 25:4
Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel.
Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
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2 Timothy 3:17
That the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Titus 3:1
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
1 Timothy 5:10
And having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
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1 Timothy 6:11
But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
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1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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Acts 7:59
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Acts 9:14
And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
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1 Timothy 1:5
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
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1 Timothy 3:3
Not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
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1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
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1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.
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Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Titus 3:2
To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
1 Timothy 6:11
But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
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Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.
Acts 8:22
Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
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1 Timothy 2:4
Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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1 Timothy 3:7
Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
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1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
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Philippians 2:21
For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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Luke 16:14
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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Romans 1:30
Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents.
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Romans 1:30
Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents.
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Romans 1:30
Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents.
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Romans 1:31
Foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
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Titus 1:8
But hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
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Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
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1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge.
Titus 1:14
Not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
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Titus 1:11
They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
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1 Timothy 2:4
Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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Exodus 7:11
Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.
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Acts 13:8
But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
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1 Timothy 6:5
And constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
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Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
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Exodus 7:12
For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
Exodus 8:18
The magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.
Exodus 9:11
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
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Philippians 2:22
But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
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Acts 13:14
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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Acts 14:1 - 2
Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Acts 14:5
When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them.
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Acts 14:6
They learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country.
Acts 14:19
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
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Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
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2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
2 Corinthians 1:10
He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.
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Titus 2:12
Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.
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Acts 14:22
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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Revelation 22:11
Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.
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Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
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1 Timothy 4:6
If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.
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Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
2 Timothy 1:5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.
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John 5:39
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me.
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Psalms 119:99
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
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Romans 15:4
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
2 Peter 1:20 - 21
Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.
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1 Timothy 6:11
But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
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Luke 6:40
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
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2 Timothy 2:21
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
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2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
1 Timothy 5:21
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
1 Timothy 6:13
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession.
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Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
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2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth 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.
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
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1 Timothy 5:20
As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
Titus 1:13
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.
Titus 2:15
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
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1 Timothy 4:13
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
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2 Timothy 3:1
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
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1 Timothy 1:10
The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine.
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1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge.
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1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
1 Timothy 6:1
Let all who are under a yoke as slaves regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
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1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
2 Timothy 2:3
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:9
For which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
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Acts 21:8
On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
Ephesians 4:11
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers.
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Colossians 4:17
And say to Archippus, "See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.
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Philippians 2:17
Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
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Philippians 1:23
I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
2 Peter 1:14
Since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
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1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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Colossians 1:5
Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel.
1 Peter 1:4
To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
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Psalms 7:11
God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.
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2 Timothy 1:12
Which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
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Revelation 22:20
He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
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2 Timothy 1:4
As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
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Colossians 4:14
Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.
Philemon 1:24
And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
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1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
Titus 2:12
Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.
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2 Timothy 1:15
You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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Titus 3:12
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
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2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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Acts 12:12
When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
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Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Ephesians 6:21
So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything.
Colossians 4:7
Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.
Titus 3:12
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
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1 Timothy 1:20
Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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Psalms 62:12
And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love...
Proverbs 24:12
If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," doe...
Nehemiah 6:14
Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, accord...
Nehemiah 13:29
Remember them, O my God, because they have dese...
Psalms 28:4
Give to them according to their work and accord...
Revelation 18:6
Pay her back as she herself has paid back other...
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Acts 7:60
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
Acts 27:23
For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship.
Matthew 10:19
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
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1 Timothy 1:12
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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2 Timothy 3:11
My persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra - which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
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Psalms 22:21
Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
1 Samuel 17:37
And David said, "The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the Lord be with you!
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Romans 11:36
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
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Acts 18:2
And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them.
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2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
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Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Acts 21:29
For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
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2 Timothy 4:9
Do your best to come to me soon.
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Galatians 6:18
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
Philemon 1:25
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
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Colossians 4:18
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
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