2Timothy:1

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* I am Paul . I am an apostle of Christ Jesus because God wanted me to be . This is because God has promised life through Christ Jesus . * Timothy , you are my son and I love you very much . May God the Father , and Christ Jesus our Lord , bless you . May they be kind to you and give you peace . * I worship God with a clean heart , as my fathers did . And I thank God when I talk to him about you . I always do this night and day . * I want very much to see you . I remember how you cried when we left you . When I see you , how happy I shall be ! * I remember that you really believe . Your grandmother Lois believed first . Your mother Eunice believed too . I am sure that you believe in the same way . * That is why I am telling you again . You must use Gods gift . It was given to you when I put my hands on your head . * God has not given us a spirit of fear . But he has given us a spirit of power and love and self-control . * So do not be ashamed to talk about our Lord . And do not be ashamed of me . I am his prisoner . Be patient in your trouble also , because you tell the good news . God will give you the power to do it . * God saved us and called us to live a holy life . He did not do it because of the good things we have done . He did it because he himself planned to do it , and wanted to do it . That was the blessing he gave us in Christ Jesus . He had this plan before he made the world . * But now he has made it real through the coming of Jesus Christ who saves . He has put death out of the way . He has shown people can have everlasting life by telling them the good news . * I have been chosen to tell that good news . I have been chosen to go out and teach it to those who are not Jews . * That is why I have this trouble . But I am not ashamed of it because I know the one whom I have trusted . And I am sure he is able to keep safe what I have trusted to him . He will keep it safe until that great day when he comes again . * Take what I have taught you as a guide for good teaching . Keep believing in Christ Jesus and loving him . * Keep safe that good thing which was trusted to you . The Holy Spirit who lives in us will help you . * You know that all the men who live in the country of Asia Minor have left me . Phygellus and Hermogenes are among them . * I hope the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus . He has often helped me . He has not been ashamed of me in prison . * When he came to the city of Rome , he looked for me until he found me . * I hope the Lord will be kind to him on that great day . You know very well all that he did for me in the city of Ephesus .

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