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Counsel to Timothy. [a]If you will give these instructions to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching you have followed. Avoid profane and silly myths. Train yourself for devotion,(A) for, while physical training is of limited value, devotion is valuable in every respect, since it holds a promise of life both for the present and for the future.(B) This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance.(C) 10 For this we toil and struggle,[b] because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the savior of all, especially of those who believe.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:6–10 Timothy is urged to be faithful, both in his teaching and in his own life, as he looks only to God for salvation.
  2. 4:10 Struggle: other manuscripts and patristic witnesses read “suffer reproach.”