Study Desk

God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

So do not be ashamed to tell people about our Lord Jesus, and do not be ashamed of me, in prison for the Lord. But suffer with me for the Good News. God, who gives us the strength to do that,

So I patiently accept all these troubles so that those whom God has chosen can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With that salvation comes glory that never ends.

Make every effort to give yourself to God as the kind of person he will approve. Be a worker who is not ashamed and who uses the true teaching in the right way.

Stay away from foolish, useless talk, because that will lead people further away from God.

The Lord's servant must gently teach those who disagree. Then maybe God will let them change their minds so they can accept the truth.

because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants.

will turn against their friends, and will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited, will love pleasure instead of God,

and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people.

Everyone who wants to live as God desires, in Christ Jesus, will be persecuted.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for showing people what is wrong in their lives, for correcting faults, and for teaching how to live right.

Using the Scriptures, the person who serves God will be capable, having all that is needed to do every good work.

I give you a command in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, the One who will judge the living and the dead, and by his coming and his kingdom:

But you should control yourself at all times, accept troubles, do the work of telling the Good News, and complete all the duties of a servant of God.

My life is being given as an offering to God, and the time has come for me to leave this life.

Now, a crown is being held for me—a crown for being right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give the crown to me on that day—not only to me but to all those who have waited with love for him to come again.

From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was sent to help the faith of God's chosen people and to help them know the truth that shows people how to serve God.

That faith and that knowledge come from the hope for life forever, which God promised to us before time began. And God cannot lie.

At the right time God let the world know about that life through preaching. He trusted me with that work, and I preached by the command of God our Savior.

To Titus, my true child in the faith we share: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.