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and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.

Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.

Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

Those who have believing masters are not to show less respect for them because they are brothers. Instead, they are to serve them even better, because those who benefit from their service are believers, and dear to them. These are the things you are to teach and urge on them.

who has saved us and called us to a holy life—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,

That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.

May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.

Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.

But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,

for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.

You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.