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2 Timothy 1:8-9
New English Translation
2 Timothy 1:8-9
New English Translation
8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord[a] or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by[b] God’s power accept your share of suffering[c] for the gospel. 9 He is the one who saved us[d] and called us with a holy calling, not based on[e] our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,[f]
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- 2 Timothy 1:8 tn Grk “the testimony of our Lord.”
- 2 Timothy 1:8 tn Or “according to.”
- 2 Timothy 1:8 tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”
- 2 Timothy 1:9 tn More literally, “who saved us,” as a description of God in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- 2 Timothy 1:9 tn Or “according to,” or “by.”
- 2 Timothy 1:9 tn Grk “before eternal times.”
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