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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 350, 16 December 2025 - 24nd Day of Advent   
      
   1) 2 Timothy 1, 2 Timothy 2, 2 Timothy 3, 2 Timothy 4   
      
   2 Timothy 1   
      
   Salutation   
      
   1 (2Co 1:1; Eph 3:6) Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,   
   according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,   
   2 (1Ti 1:2; Ro 1:7) To Timothy, my beloved son:   
   Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.   
      
   [1] Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the   
   promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,   
   [2] To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the   
   Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.   
      
   Loyalty to the Gospel   
      
   3 (Ro 1:8-9; Ac 23:1) I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience as my   
   forefathers did, as I continually remember you in my prayers night and day,   
   4 (2Ti 4:9; 4:21) greatly desiring to see you, remembering your tears,   
   that I may be filled with joy,   
   5 (Ac 16:1; 1Ti 1:5) remembering the genuine faith that first lived   
   in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and that I am persuaded   
   lives in you also.   
   6 (1Ti 4:14; 1Th 5:19) Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God,   
   which is in you by the laying on of my hands.   
   7 (Ro 8:15; Ac 1:8) For God has not given us the spirit of fear,   
   but of power, and love, and self-control.   
   8 (Mk 8:38; Eph 3:1) So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,   
   nor of me, His prisoner. But share in the sufferings of the gospel   
   by the power of God,   
   9 (Ro 16:25; Titus 1:2) who has saved us and called us with a holy calling,   
   not by our works, but by His own purpose and grace, which was given us   
   in Christ Jesus before the world began,   
   10 (Ro 2:7; 16:26) but is now revealed by the appearing of our Saviour,   
   Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and has brought life   
   and immortality to light through the gospel,   
   11 (1Ti 2:7) for which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle,   
   and a teacher of the Gentiles.   
   12 (2Ti 1:8; 1Ti 6:20; 1Pe 4:19) For these things I suffer, but I am not   
   ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is   
   able to keep that which I have committed to Him until that Day.   
   13 (1Ti 1:14; Titus 1:9) Follow the pattern of sound teaching   
   which you have heard from me in the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.   
   14 (Ro 8:9; 1Ti 6:20) Guard the treasure that was committed to you through   
   the Holy Spirit who lives in us.   
   15 (2Ti 4:16; Ac 19:10) You know that all those who are in Asia have turned   
   away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.   
   16 (2Ti 4:19; Ac 28:20) May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus,   
   for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.   
   17 But when he arrived in Rome, he searched me out very diligently   
   and found me.   
   18 (2Ti 1:12; Heb 6:10) May the Lord grant that he may find mercy   
   from the Lord on that Day. You know very well how many ways he ministered   
   to me at Ephesus.   
      
   [3] I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that   
   without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;   
   [4] Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be   
   filled with joy;   
   [5] When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which   
   dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am   
   persuaded that in thee also.   
   [6] Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God,   
   which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.   
   [7] For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love,   
   and of a sound mind.   
   [8] Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me   
   his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel   
   according to the power of God;   
   [9] Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to   
   our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in   
   Christ Jesus before the world began,   
   [10] But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ,   
   who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light   
   through the gospel:   
   [11] Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of   
   the Gentiles.   
   [12] For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not   
   ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able   
   to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.   
   [13] Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in   
   faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.   
   [14] That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost   
   which dwelleth in us.   
   [15] This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from   
   me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.   
   [16] The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed   
   me, and was not ashamed of my chain:   
   [17] But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found   
   me.   
   [18] The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day:   
   and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very   
   well.   
      
   2 Timothy 2   
      
   A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus   
      
   1 (Eph 6:10; 2Ti 1:2) So you, my son, be strong   
   in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.   
   2 (1Ti 1:18; 6:12) Share the things that you have heard from me   
   in the presence of many witnesses with faithful men who will be able   
   to teach others also.   
   3 (1Ti 1:18; 2Ti 1:8) Endure hard times as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.   
   4 (2Pe 2:20) No soldier on active duty entangles himself   
   with civilian affairs, that he may please the enlisting officer.   
   5 Anyone who competes as an athlete is not rewarded without competing legally.   
   6 The farmer who labors should be first to partake of the crops.   
   7 Consider what I am saying, and may the Lord grant you understanding   
   in all things.   
   8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,   
   descended from David, according to my gospel,   
   9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,   
   even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.   
   10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things for the sake   
   of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ   
   Jesus with eternal glory.   
   11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:   
   If we die with Him,   
   we shall also live with Him.   
   12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17) If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.   
   If we deny Him, He also will deny us.   
   13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3) If we are faithless, He remains faithful;   
   He cannot deny Himself.   
      
   [1] Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.   
   [2] And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same   
   commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.   
   [3] Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.   
      
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