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To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith.
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The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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The Charge to Timothy Renewed
Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,
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holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.
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And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.
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But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
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Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
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A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
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Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.
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The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
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If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
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Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
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Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,
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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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Final Charge to Timothy
But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
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Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith. Grace be with you all.
