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2 Timothy 2:9

New English Translation

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!

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Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.

proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –

The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.

Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord’s message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you,

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good.

Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.




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