The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. –Psalm 145:8
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Paul, an Apostle for Christ Jesus by the will of God,
for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
To Timothy, my beloved child:
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus Our Lord!
Thanksgiving and Encouragement
I am grateful to God — whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did — when I
remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. Recalling your tears. I long to see you so
that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your
Grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure lives in you. For this reason I
remind you to rekindle the Gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands;
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power
and of love and of self-discipline.
Do not be ashamed, then of the testimony about Our Lord or of me His prisoner but join withme in suffering for the Gospel, relying on the power of God, who saved us and called us with a
Holy calling, not according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace. This
grace was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages began but it has now been revealed
through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and
immortality to light through the Gospel. For this Gospel I was appointed a herald and a Apostle
and a teacher and for this reason I suffer as I do but I am not ashamed, for I know the One in
whom I have put my trust and I am sure that He is able to guard until that day what I have
entrusted to Him. Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the
faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard the Good Treasure entrusted to you, with the help
of the Holy Spirit living in us. –2 Timothy 1:1-14
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