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Today's Bible Reading :: 2 Timothy 1 - 4 (ESV)

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2 Timothy 1

Greeting

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:2 - To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:3 - I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:4 - As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:5 - I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:6 - 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:7 - for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:8 - Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - who saved us and called us to[fn] a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:10 - and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:11 - for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:12 - which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:13 - Follow the pattern of the sound[fn] words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:14 - By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:15 - You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:16 - May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:17 - but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:18 - may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.
ESV Footnotes
Or with
Greek before times eternal
Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit
Or healthy

2 Timothy 2

A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:1 - You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:2 - and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men,[fn] who will be able to teach others also.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:3 - Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:4 - No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:5 - An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:7 - Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:8 - Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:9 - for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:10 - Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:11 - The saying is trustworthy, for:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:12 - if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:13 - if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

A Worker Approved by God

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:14 - Remind them of these things, and charge them before God[fn] not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[fn] a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:16 - But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:17 - and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:18 - who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:19 - But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:20 - Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:21 - Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable,[fn] he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22 - So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:23 - Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:24 - And the Lord’s servant[fn] must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:25 - correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:26 - and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
ESV Footnotes
The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women, depending on the context
Some manuscripts the Lord
That is, one approved after being tested
Greek from these things
For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

2 Timothy 3

Godlessness in the Last Days

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:1 - But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:2 - For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:3 - heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:4 - treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:5 - having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:6 - For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:7 - always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:8 - Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:9 - But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:10 - You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:11 - my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:12 - Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:13 - while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:14 - But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom[fn] you learned it

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:15 - and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:16 - All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:17 - that the man of God[fn] may be complete, equipped for every good work.
ESV Footnotes
The Greek for whom is plural
That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)

2 Timothy 4

Preach the Word

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:1 - I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:2 - preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For the time is coming when people will not endure sound[fn] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:4 - and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:5 - But as for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:6 - For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:7 - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8 - Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

Personal Instructions

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:9 - Do your best to come to me soon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:10 - For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,[fn] Titus to Dalmatia.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:11 - Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:12 - Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:13 - When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:14 - Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:15 - Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:16 - At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:17 - But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:18 - The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:19 - Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20 - Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:22 - The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.[fn]
See the ESV Preface
ESV Footnotes
Or healthy
Some manuscripts Gaul
Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
The Greek for you is plural
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