FD issues chapters 1 and 2

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\v 8 Do not be ashamed when you tell others about our Lord Jesus. And do not be ashamed of me because I am in prison for putting my trust in Jesus. But you also should be willing to suffer hardship with me. And so we are telling the good news to many people, even while we are suffering together. We are enduring this suffering because God gives us the strength we need.
\v 9 God saved us and called us to be his own people. He did not save us because of any good works we did. No, God planned to save us and he is kind to us! God did all of this through the life and work of Christ Jesus, a plan that God had made long before the beginning of time.
\v 10 Now everyone can see that God can save them, because our Savior Christ Jesus came and destroyed death and showed everyone the good news, the truth that he causes people to live forever.
\v 10 Now everyone can see that God can save them because our Savior Christ Jesus came and destroyed death and showed everyone the good news, the truth that he causes people to live forever.
\v 11 It was for this reason that God decided to send me to be an apostle, preacher, and teacher.
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\v 12 In these tasks I suffer, but I am not ashamed, because I know and have trusted Jesus Christ, and I am convinced that he is able to protect my faith in him until the final day.
\v 12 In these tasks I suffer, but I am not ashamed because I know and have trusted Jesus Christ, and I am convinced that he is able to protect my faith in him until the final day.
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\v 13 As you trust in Jesus Christ and love him, follow the meaning of true words, which you heard from me.
\v 14 God is relying on you, that you will preach the good message that he gave to you. Protect that message by relying on the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
\v 13 As you trust in Jesus Christ and love him, follow the meaning of true words that you heard from me.
\v 14 God is relying on you, that you will preach the good message that he gave to you. Protect that message by relying on the Holy Spirit, who lives in us.
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\v 15 You know that almost all the believers in Asia have stopped being friends with me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
\v 16 But I pray that the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus. Often he helped me, and he was not ashamed that I am in prison.
\v 16 But I pray that the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus. Often he helped me, and he was not ashamed that I was in prison.
\v 17 On the contrary, when he came here to Rome, he kept searching for me until he found me.
\v 18 May the Lord be kind to Onesiphorus on the final day. You know all the ways that he helped me in Ephesus.
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\v 5 Likewise, athletes competing in games cannot win unless they obey the rules.
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\v 6 And the farmer who works hard must receive his share of the crops first.
\v 7 Think about what I have just written, because, if you do, the Lord will enable you to understand everything that you need to understand.
\v 7 Think about what I have just written, because if you do, the Lord will enable you to understand everything that you need to understand.
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\v 8 As you suffer hardships, remember Jesus Christ. He was a descendant of King David, and God raised him from the dead. This is the good news that I preach.
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\v 12 If we endure, we will also reign with him.
\q But if we deny him, he also will deny us.
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\v 13 If we are unfaithful to Jesus, he continues to be faithful;
\v 13 If we are unfaithful to Jesus, he continues to be faithful,
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for he cannot deny himself."
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\v 17 This kind of words will spread like an infectious disease. Hymenaeus and Philetus are two examples of men who talk like this.
\v 18 These men have stopped believing. They say that the resurrection of the dead has already happened. In this way they convince some Christians to stop trusting in Christ.
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\v 19 However, the truth about God still exists. It is like a firm foundation of a building, on which someone has written these words: "The Lord knows those who belong to him" and "Everyone who says he belongs to the Lord must stop doing wicked deeds."
\v 19 However, the truth about God still exists. It is like a firm foundation of a building on which someone has written these words: "The Lord knows those who belong to him" and "Everyone who says he belongs to the Lord must stop doing wicked deeds."
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\v 20 In a wealthy person's house there are not only utensils made of gold and of silver, but also utensils made of wood and of clay. The gold and silver utensils are used on special occasions. But the wood and clay utensils are used in ordinary times.
\v 21 Therefore, those who rid themselves of what is evil in their lives will be able to work well for the Lord. They will be like utensils ready to do any kind of good work. They will become very useful to the Master to do special work for him, every good deed, in fact.