2Tim 2
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You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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And the things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit
you to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may
please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
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And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowded, except he have contended
lawfully.
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The husbandmen that labors must be the first to partake of the fruits.
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Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give you understanding in all things.
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Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my
gospel:
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wherein I suffer hardship to bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.
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Therefore I endure all things for the elect`s sake, that they also may obtain the
salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
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if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny
us:
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if we are faithless, he abides faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
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Of these things put them in remembrance, charging [them] in the sight of the Lord,
that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.
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Give diligence to present yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not to be
ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
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But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
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and their word will eat as does a gangrene: or whom is Hymenaeus an Philetus;
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men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already,
and overthrow the faith of some.
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Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows them
that are his: and, Let every one that names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
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Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of
wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.
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If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified,
meet for the master`s use, prepared to every good work.
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after righteousness, faith, love, pace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure
heart.
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But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.
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And the Lord`s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
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in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them
repentance to the knowledge of the truth,
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and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive
by him to his will.