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1 Corinthians 4:17

James Moffatt - New Testament

To ensure this, I am sending you Timotheus, my beloved and trustworthy son in the Lord; he will remind you of those methods in Christ Jesus which I teach everywhere in every church.

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to Timotheus his lawful son in the faith: grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

When Timotheus arrives, see that you make him feel quite at home with you; he carries on the work of the Lord as I do.

Only, everyone must lead the lot assigned him by the Lord; he must go on living the life in which God's call came to him. (Such is the rule I lay down for all the churches).

to his beloved son Timotheus: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

With regard to the collection for the saints, you must carry out the same arrangements as I made for the churches of Galatia.

for God is a God not of disorder but of harmony. [Move 33b-36 to follow vs 40] As is the rule in all churches of the saints,

Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you.

I have no orders from the Lord for unmarried women, but I will give you the opinion of one whom you can trust, after all the Lord's mercy to him.

I know where you dwell, where Satan sits enthroned, and yet you adhere to my Name, you have not renounced your faith in me even during the days when my witness, my faithful Antipas, was martyred in your midst — where Satan dwells.

Now you have followed my teaching, my practice, my aims, my faith, my patience, my love, my stedfastness,

and transmit the instructions I gave you in presence of many witnesses to trustworthy men, that they may be competent to teach others.

He is accompanied by that faithful and beloved brother Onesimus, who is one of yourselves. They will inform you of all that goes on here.

You got that lesson from our beloved fellow-servant Epaphras, a minister of Christ who is faithful to your interests;

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send you Timotheus before long, that I may be heartened by news of you.

Our beloved brother Tychicus, a faithful minister in the Lord, will give you all information about me, so that you may know how I am;

If anyone presumes to raise objections on this point — well, I acknowledge no other mode of worship, and neither do the churches of God.

You may have thousands to superintend you in Christ, but you have not more than one father. It was I who in Christ Jesus became your father by means of the gospel.

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time?

Now in this matter of stewards your first requirement is that they must be trustworthy.

He also came down to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timotheus, the son of a believing Jewess and a Greek father.

I do not write this to make you feel ashamed, but to instruct you as beloved children of mine.

and if anyone is hungry let him eat at home. You must not gather, only to incur condemnation. I will give you my instructions upon the other matters when I come.

Along with him I am sending that brother whose services to the gospel are praised by all the churches;

But you know how he has stood the test, how he has served with me in the gospel, like a son helping his father.

I transmit these instructions to you, Timotheus my son, in accordance with what the prophets said who first directed me to you; fight the good fight on these lines,

I left you behind in Crete in order to finish putting things right and to appoint presbyters in every town as I told you,




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