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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, SCode 1Cor 1:1 2Cor 1:1 Tit 1:2 Heb 9:15
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To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. SCode 1Cor 4:17 2Tim 2:1~3 3Jn 1:4
Thanksgiving
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I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. SCode Act 23:1 Act 22:3 Act 24:14 Rom 1:8~9 1Tim 3:9
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Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. SCode Act 20:37 Phil 1:8 2Tim 4:9 2Tim 4:21
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I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. SCode Psa 86:16 Psa 116:16 Act 16:1 Rom 12:9 1Tim 1:5
Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel
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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. SCode 1Th 5:19 1Tim 4:14
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For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. SCode Lk 24:49 Jn 14:27 Act 1:8 Rom 8:15 Rev 21:8
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So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. SCode Mk 8:38 1Cor 1:6 Eph 3:1 2Tim 4:5 2Tim 2:9 2Tim 1:16
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He 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 was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, SCode Rom 16:25~26 Rom 3:27 Rom 8:28 Eph 1:4 1Tim 1:1~2 Tit 1:2 Tit 3:4~5 Heb 3:1
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but it has now 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. SCode Job 33:30 Rom 2:7 1Cor 15:26 1Cor 15:54~55 2Th 2:8 Heb 2:14~15
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And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. SCode 1Tim 2:7
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That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. SCode Psa 10:14 1Cor 3:13 1Tim 6:20 2Tim 1:8 2Tim 4:8 2Tim 2:9 2Tim 1:18 1Pet 4:19
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What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. SCode Rom 6:17 Rom 2:20 1Tim 1:10 1Tim 1:14 2Tim 3:14~15 Tit 1:9 Rev 3:3
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Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you - guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. SCode Rom 8:9 2Tim 1:12
Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty
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You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. SCode Act 19:10 2Tim 4:10~11 2Tim 4:16
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May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. SCode Act 28:20 2Tim 1:8 2Tim 4:19 Phm 1:7 Phm 1:20
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On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. SCode Mt 25:36~40
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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. SCode 2Tim 1:12 Heb 6:10
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