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1 Corinthians 4:17

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That is why I am sending to you Timothy, my son in the Lord. I love Timothy, and he is faithful. He will help you remember my way of life in Christ Jesus, just as I teach it in all the churches everywhere.

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A wicked messenger brings nothing but trouble, but a trustworthy one makes everything right.

But this is not true with my servant Moses. I trust him to lead all my people.

“Who is the wise and loyal servant that the master trusts to give the other servants their food at the right time?

The master answered, ‘You did well. You are a good and loyal servant. Because you were loyal with small things, I will let you care for much greater things. Come and share my joy with me.’

The master answered, ‘You did well. You are a good and loyal servant. Because you were loyal with small things, I will let you care for much greater things. Come and share my joy with me.’

Paul came to Derbe and Lystra, where a follower named Timothy lived. Timothy’s mother was Jewish and a believer, but his father was a Greek.

Some people may still want to argue about this, but I would add that neither we nor the churches of God have any other practice.

I praise you because you remember me in everything, and you follow closely the teachings just as I gave them to you.

Anyone who is too hungry should eat at home so that in meeting together you will not bring God’s judgment on yourselves. I will tell you what to do about the other things when I come.

God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace. As is true in all the churches of God’s people,

Now I will write about the collection of money for God’s people. Do the same thing I told the Galatian churches to do:

If Timothy comes to you, see to it that he has nothing to fear with you, because he is working for the Lord just as I am.

I am not trying to make you feel ashamed. I am writing this to give you a warning as my own dear children.

For though you may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Through the Good News I became your father in Christ Jesus,

Now in this way those who are trusted with something valuable must show they are worthy of that trust.

But in any case each one of you should continue to live the way God has given you to live—the way you were when God called you. This is a rule I make in all the churches.

Now I write about people who are not married. I have no command from the Lord about this; I give my opinion. But I can be trusted, because the Lord has shown me mercy.

We are sending with him the brother who is praised by all the churches because of his service in preaching the Good News.

I am sending to you Tychicus, our brother whom we love and a faithful servant of the Lord’s work. He will tell you everything that is happening with me. Then you will know how I am and what I am doing.

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon. I will be happy to learn how you are.

You know the kind of person Timothy is. You know he has served with me in telling the Good News, as a son serves his father.

You learned about God’s grace from Epaphras, whom we love. He works together with us and is a faithful servant of Christ for us.

I send him with Onesimus, a faithful and dear brother in Christ, and one of your group. They will tell you all that has happened here.

Timothy, my child, I am giving you a command that agrees with the prophecies that were given about you in the past. I tell you this so you can follow them and fight the good fight.

To Timothy, a true child to me because you believe: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

To Timothy, a dear child to me: Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

You should teach people whom you can trust the things you and many others have heard me say. Then they will be able to teach others.

But you have followed what I teach, the way I live, my goal, faith, patience, and love. You know I never give up.

I left you in Crete so you could finish doing the things that still needed to be done and so you could appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer for ten days. But be faithful, even if you have to die, and I will give you the crown of life.

I know where you live. It is where Satan has his throne. But you are true to me. You did not refuse to tell about your faith in me even during the time of Antipas, my faithful witness who was killed in your city, where Satan lives.




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