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A Loyal Soldier of Christ Jesus2 1Timothy, you are a son to me. Be strong in the gracea that we have because we belong to Christ Jesus. 2What you have heard me teach publicly you should teach to others. Share these teachings with people you can trust. Then they will be able to teach others these same things. 3As a good soldier of Christ Jesus, accept your share of the troubles we have. 4A soldier wants to please his commanding officer, so he does not spend any time on activities that are not a part of his duty. 5Athletes in a race must obey all the rules to win. 6The farmer who works hard deserves the first part of the harvest. 7Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand it all.
8Remember Jesus Christ. He is from the family of Davidb. After Jesus died, he was raised from death. This is the Good Newsc that I tell people. 9And because I tell that message, I am suffering. I am even bound with chains like someone who has really done wrong. But God's message is not bound. 10So I patiently accept all these troubles. I do this to help the people God has chosen so that they can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With this salvation comes gloryd that never ends.
11Here is a true statement:
| If we died with him, we will also live with him.
12If we remain faithful even in suffering, we will also rule with him.
If we refuse to say we know him, he will refuse to say he knows us.
13If we are not faithful, he will still be faithful, because he cannot be false to himself. | |
A Worker Who Pleases God 14Keep on telling everyone these truths. And warn them before God not to argue about words. Such arguments don't help anyone, and they ruin those who listen to them. 15Do your best to be the kind of person God will accept, and give yourself to him. Be a worker who has no reason to be ashamed of his work, one who applies the true teaching in the right way.
16Stay away from people who talk about useless things that are not from God. That kind of talk will lead a person more and more against God. 17Their evil teaching will spread like a sickness inside the body. Hymenaeus and Philetus are men like that. 18They have left the true teaching. They say that the day when people will be raised from death has already come and gone. And they are destroying the faith of some people.
19But God's strong foundation never moves, and these words are written on it: "The Lord knows those who belong to him."e Also, these words are written there: "Everyone who says they believe in the Lord must stop doing wrong."
20In a large house there are things made of gold and silver. But there are also things made of wood and clay. Some of these are used for special purposes, others for ordinary jobs. 21The Lord wants to use you for special purposes, so make yourself clean from all evil. Then you will be holyf, and the Master can use you. You will be ready for any good work.
22Stay away from the evil things a young person like you typically wants to do. Do your best to live right and to have faith, love, and peace, together with others who trust in the Lord with pure hearts. 23Stay away from foolish and stupid arguments. You know that these arguments grow into bigger arguments. 24As a servant of the Lord, you must not argue. You must be kind to everyone. You must be a good teacher, and you must be patient. 25You must gently teach those who don't agree with you. Maybe God will let them change their hearts so that they can accept the truth. 26The devil has trapped them and now makes them do what he wants. But maybe they can wake up to see what is happening and free themselves from the devil's trap.
agrace The love and kindness that God shows in his complete willingness to give people favors he does not owe them and blessings they don’t deserve.
bDavid Israel’s greatest king, who ruled about 1000 years before Christ. Besides being a great military and political leader, he was a deeply spiritual man and a gifted musician, who wrote many of the Psalms. He made plans and arrangements for the building of the first Temple in Jerusalem (“the city of David”), which was actually completed by his son Solomon. The Scriptures said that a descendant of David would be God’s chosen messiah (king), who would establish an eternal kingdom. For that reason, Jesus is sometimes called “the Son of David.”
cGood News In the Gospels this is usually the news about the coming of God’s kingdom (see above) or its representative Jesus the Messiah. In other places it is, more specifically, the news or message of God’s grace - that he has made a way through Jesus Christ for people to be made right with him and enjoy his blessings now and forever.
dglory A word that refers to the special qualities of God. Often it means brightness, referring to the way he appears to people. Sometimes it means majesty or power, referring to a kind of greatness that cannot be compared to anything in human experience. It can also include the ideas of wealth, honor, fame, or respect, especially in expressions of praise.
e2:19 Quote from Num. 16:5.
fholy When referring to people or things, holy means set apart or chosen for a special use; especially, belonging to God or used only for him. It can also mean pure or perfect, worthy of God and fit for his service. When God is called holy, in addition to the idea of pure and perfect, it often means he is completely separate or different from and above everything else that exists. In the New Testament God’s people are holy because they have been made perfect and pure through Christ and, with the help of the Holy Spirit, keep themselves away from sin and live only for God.
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