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2 Timothy 1:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

Night and day I mention you in my prayers. I am always grateful for you, as I pray to the God my ancestors and I have served with a clear conscience.

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Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Paul looked straight at the council members and said, “My friends, to this day I have served God with a clear conscience!”

I admit that their leaders think the Lord's Way which I follow is based on wrong beliefs. But I still worship the same God that my ancestors worshiped. And I believe everything written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets.

You will be faithful and have a clear conscience. Some people have made a mess of their faith because they didn't listen to their consciences.

You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith.

And because I am sure, I try my best to have a clear conscience in whatever I do for God or for people.

I am a Jew, born in the city of Tarsus in Cilicia. But I grew up here in Jerusalem where I was a student of Gamaliel and was taught to follow every single law of our ancestors. In fact, I was just as eager to obey God as any of you are today.

Since childhood, you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to make you wise enough to have faith in Christ Jesus and be saved.

I also remember the genuine faith of your mother Eunice. Your grandmother Lois had the same sort of faith, and I am sure you have it as well.

Day and night we sincerely pray that we will see you again and help you to have an even stronger faith.

So I never stop being grateful for you, as I mention you in my prayers.

I was a much better Jew than anyone else my own age, and I obeyed every law our ancestors had given us.

We can be proud of our clear conscience. We have always lived honestly and sincerely, especially when we were with you. And we were guided by God's gift of undeserved grace instead of by the wisdom of this world.

I am a follower of Christ, and the Holy Spirit is a witness to my conscience. So I tell the truth and I am not lying when I say

I belong to God, and I worship him. Last night he sent an angel

All the Jews have known me since I was a child. They know what kind of life I have lived in my own country and in Jerusalem. And if they were willing, they could tell you I was a Pharisee, a member of a group that is stricter than any other.

And now she was 84 years old. Night and day she served God in the temple by praying and often going without eating.

I would be disobeying the Lord if I stopped praying for you! I will always teach you how to live right.

A widow who is really in need is one who doesn't have any relatives. She has faith in God, and she keeps praying to him night and day, asking for his help.




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