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The Gospel of Mark (Part Seven)

Break Trail

Justice for All

Strong Disciples Two

Doing Theology From Below

The Other Five Prayer Journey

Fully Devoted

Reading With the People of God #9 - Faithfulness

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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To Timothy, my dear son:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He has saved us and called us to a holy life&#8212;not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you&#8212;guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Appeal Renewed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor&#8217;s crown except by competing according to the rules. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God&#8217;s word is not chained. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Here is a trustworthy saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.2.11"><span class="content">If we died with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.2.11"><span class="content">we will also live with him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">if we endure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="content">we will also reign with him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="content">If we disown him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="content">he will also disown us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">if we are faithless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.2.13"><span class="content">he remains faithful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.2.13"><span class="content">for he cannot disown himself.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Dealing With False Teachers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Keep reminding God&#8217;s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2TI.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, God&#8217;s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: &#8220;The Lord knows those who are his,&#8221; and, &#8220;Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2TI.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2TI.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2TI.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2TI.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2TI.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And the Lord&#8217;s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2TI.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2TI.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.</span></span></div>
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