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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.

That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.

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

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 should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves. These are the things you are to teach and insist on.

He 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 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.

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.

They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.

and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.