From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for December 16   
      
   2 Timothy Chapter 1   
      
   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.   
      
   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 Chapter 2   
      
   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.   
      
   4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life;   
   that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.   
      
   5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except   
   he strive lawfully.   
      
   6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.   
      
   7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.   
      
   8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the   
   dead according to my gospel:   
      
   9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the   
   word of God is not bound.   
      
   10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may   
   also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.   
      
   11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also   
   live with him:   
      
   12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also   
   will deny us:   
      
   13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.   
      
   14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the   
   Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the   
   subverting of the hearers.   
      
   15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not   
   to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.   
      
   16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more   
   ungodliness.   
      
   17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and   
   Philetus;   
      
   18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is   
   past already; and overthrow the faith of some.   
      
   19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal,   
   The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the   
   name of Christ depart from iniquity.   
      
   20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of   
   silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to   
   dishonour.   
      
   21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel   
   unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared   
   unto every good work.   
      
   22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity,   
   peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.   
      
   23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do   
   gender strifes.   
      
   24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all   
   men, apt to teach, patient,   
      
   25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God   
   peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;   
      
   26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil,   
   who are taken captive by him at his will.   
      
   2 Timothy Chapter 3   
      
   1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.   
      
   2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,   
   proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,   
      
   3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,   
   fierce, despisers of those that are good,   
      
   4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;   
      
   5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such   
   turn away.   
      
   6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive   
   silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,   
      
   7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.   
      
   8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the   
   truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.   
      
   9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest   
   unto all men, as theirs also was.   
      
   10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose,   
   faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,   
      
   11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium,   
   at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord   
   delivered me.   
      
   12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer   
   persecution.   
      
   13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and   
   being deceived.   
      
   14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been   
   assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;   
      
      
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