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2 Timothy 2:2

James Moffatt - New Testament

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

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Lay this before the brotherhood, and you will be an excellent minister of Christ Jesus, brought up on the truths of the faith and on the lessons of the good doctrine you have already followed.

fight in the good fight of the faith, secure that life eternal to which you were called when you voiced the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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

The Lord said, "Well, where is the trusty, thoughtful steward whom the lord and master will set over his establishment to give out supplies at the proper time?

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 render thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has made me able for this; he considered me trustworthy and appointed me to the ministry,

You have a gift that came to you transmitted by the prophets, when the presbytery laid their hands upon you; do not neglect that gift.

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

but hold you to what you have been taught, hold to your convictions, remember who your teachers were,

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

He had to resemble his brothers in every respect, in order to prove a merciful and faithful high priest in things divine, to expiate the sins of the People.

Never be in a hurry to ordain a presbyter; do not make yourself responsible for the sins of another man — keep your own life pure.

(I am telling you this beforehand.)

So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."

Wherever I go, thank God, he makes my life a constant pageant of triumph in Christ, diffusing the perfume of his knowledge everywhere by me.

It is not that I am personally qualified to form any judgment by myself; my qualifications come from God,




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