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"1": "I want you to make a solemn promise. The witnesses of your promise will be God and the Messiah Jesus, who will judge all the people who have ever lived. Make this promise by {your hope in} his return and in his rule over all things.",
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"2": "{These are the things I want you to promise to do.} Proclaim the message {about the Messiah}. Be ready to do this when it is easy to do so and also when it is not easy. Convince people that they have done wrong. Warn them not to sin. Encourage them to do what is right. Do these things as you teach them, and always {be willing to} wait for them {to do better}.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"3": "{I tell you these things because} later on people will not want to listen to accurate teaching. Instead, they will collect as many teachers as they can who will tell them that they can do what they want to do. This is what they will be eager to hear.",
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"4": "They will stop listening to the truth, and these teachers will deceive them with foolish stories.",
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"5": "But as for you, Timothy, control yourself no matter what happens. {Be willing to} endure difficult things. Do the work of preaching the good news. Complete the work you must do to serve the Lord.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"6": "{I tell you these things} because I am about to give up my life. The time of my death is approaching.",
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"7": "I am like an athlete who has done his best in a contest. I am like a runner who has finished his race. I have always continued to obey God.",
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"8": "Now a prize is waiting for me because I have lived in the right way for God. The Lord will judge me in the right way and will give that prize to me when he comes again. He will not only give it to me, but also to everyone who waits eagerly for him to come again.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"9": "Timothy, try to come to me soon.",
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"10": "Demas left me behind and went to Thessalonica, because he loves life in this world too much. Crescens went to Galatia, and Titus went to Dalmatia.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"11": "Only Luke is still with me. Get Mark and bring him with you. Do this because he can help me with my needs.",
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"12": "I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus.",
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"13": "When you come, bring the outer garment that I left at Troas with Carpus. Also bring the scrolls, especially the leather ones.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"14": "Alexander the metalworker acted very badly toward me. The Lord will punish him for what he has done.",
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"15": "You also should be on guard against him because he did everything possible to stop our preaching.\n\\p",
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"16": "The first time I defended myself in court, no believers came to support me. They all stayed away. May God not hold them responsible for that.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"17": "But the Lord was with me. He made me strong, so that I fully spoke his word and all the Gentiles heard it. God saved me from dying as if he had rescued me from a lion’s mouth.",
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"18": "The Lord will rescue me from every evil thing they do. He will bring me safely to where he rules in heaven. May people praise him forever and ever. Amen.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"19": "Greet Priscilla and Aquila. Greet the people in the home of Onesiphorus.",
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"20": "Erastus stayed in Corinth. As for Trophimus, I left him in Miletus because he was sick.",
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"21": "Try your best to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the other believers.",
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"22": "May the Lord be with your spirit. May he be kind to all of you.",
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"front": "\\p"
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}
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