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for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago,

and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me--

the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered.

Remind them of this, and charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.

But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."

In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware, and some for noble use, some for ignoble.

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one, an apt teacher, forbearing,

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress.

holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people.

but they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings,

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;

To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.