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2 Timothy 2:9

Weymouth NT

For preaching the Good News I suffer, and am even put in chains, as if I were a criminal: yet the word of God is not imprisoned.

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They brought also two others, criminals, to put them to death with Him.

Then the Tribune, making his way to him, arrested him, and, having ordered him to be secured with two chains, proceeded to ask who he was and what he had been doing.

He announced the coming of the Kingdom of God, and taught concerning the Lord Jesus Christ without let or hindrance.

For I will let him know the great sufferings which he must pass through for My sake.«

For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles–

while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely, supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment.

And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.

I Paul add with my own hand this final greeting. Be mindful of me in my imprisonment. Grace be with you.

And pray at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door for preaching, for us to tell the truth concerning Christ for the sake of which I am even a prisoner.

For it was not only from you that the Master's Message sounded forth throughout Macedonia and Greece; but everywhere your faith in God has become known, so that it is unnecessary for us to say anything about it.

Finally, brethren, pray for us, asking that the Lord's Message may be spread rapidly and its glory be displayed, as it was displayed among you;

That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.

May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for many a time he cheered me and he was not ashamed of my chain.

Do not be ashamed then to bear witness for our Lord and for me His prisoner; but rather share suffering with me in the service of the Good News, strengthened by the power of God.

As a good soldier of Christ Jesus accept your share of suffering.

The Lord, however, stood by me and filled me with inward strength, that through me the Message might be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.

or to provincial Governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and the encouragement of those who do what is right.

Yet argue modestly and cautiously, keeping your consciences free from guilt, so that, when you are spoken against, those who slander your good Christian lives may be put to shame.

But let not one of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evil-doer, or as a spy upon other people's business.




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