Giving the truth to others
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📚✭You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 📚✭And the things you have heard from me with many witnesses present, those same things entrust to faithful men✭ who will be able to teach others also.3 illustrations encouraging hard and faithful work
3 📚You, therefore, endure hardship✭ as a good soldier✭ of Jesus Christ. 4 📚No man that goes to war entangles✭ himself in the affairs of civilian life, that he may please the one who has chosen him to be a soldier. 5 📚Also if a person competes in athletic contests✭, he does not gain the victor’s crown unless he competes according to the rules. 6 📚✭The hardworking farmer must be the first to get a share of the crop. 7 📚✭Consider what I say. May the Lord give you understanding in all things.
The gospel Paul preached and why he suffered for it
8 📚Remember✭ that Jesus Christ, among the descendants of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel✭, 9 📚✭for which I suffer trouble, as if I were a criminal, even to the point of chains. But the word of God is not chained. 10 📚✭So I endure everything for the sake of God’s chosen✭ ones, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory✭.
A trustworthy saying
11 📚This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with him✭,
we will also live with him.
12 📚If we endure✭,
we will also reign✭ with him.
If we deny him, he will deny✭ us also.
13 📚✭If we are faithless, he remains faithful;
he cannot deny himself.
Useless and dangerous teaching
14 📚✭Remind them of these things, and solemnly declare in the presence of the Lord that they must not quarrel about words✭, which is useless and ruins those who hear it. 15 📚✭Make every effort to show yourself approved✭ to God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed✭, using the word of truth✭ rightly✭. 16 📚✭But avoid profane, empty babblings, for they will result in more ungodliness. 17 📚And their teaching will spread like gangrene✭. Among these are Hymenaeus and Philetus. 18 📚They have veered away from the truth✭, saying that the resurrection has already taken place. And they upset✭ the faith of some. 19 📚✭Nevertheless the foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his✭”; and, “Let everyone who utters the name of Christ keep away from wickedness”.
Different kinds of vessels
20 📚✭But in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some valuable and some of no value. 21 📚So if a person cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a valuable vessel, sanctified, and useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.
Things to flee or avoid
22 📚✭Also flee from youthful cravings, but follow righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart✭. 23 📚✭But avoid foolish and ignorant debates, knowing that they engender quarrels. 24 📚And the servant of the Lord must not quarrel✭, but be kind to everyone, able to teach✭, and patient✭.
Satan’s terrible power