To Be Determined

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If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

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If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can’t deny himself.”

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Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

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Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

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But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

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and their word will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

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men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.

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However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

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Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

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If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.

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Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

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The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

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in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

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and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

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But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.

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For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

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traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

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holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

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For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

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always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith, are rejected.

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But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

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But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

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persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

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But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

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From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

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Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

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that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

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preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

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For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;

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and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

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But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

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For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

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I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

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From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

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Be diligent to come to me soon,

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for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

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But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.

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Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come, and the books, especially the parchments.

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Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,

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of whom you also must beware; for he greatly opposed our words.

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At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.

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But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

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Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick.

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Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

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The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

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Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

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in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

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but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

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to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

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I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

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if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

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For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

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holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

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For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

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whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

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One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”

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This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

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not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

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To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

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They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

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But say the things which fit sound doctrine,

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that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

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and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

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that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

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to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

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Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;

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in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

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and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

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Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

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not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.

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For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

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instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

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looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

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who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

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Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.

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Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

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to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

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For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,

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not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

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whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;

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that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

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but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

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Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning;

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knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned.

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When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.

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Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.

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Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

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All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.