2 Timothy 1:8-12
New Living Translation
8 So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, either, even though I’m in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News. 9 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. 10 And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News. 11 And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.
12 That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him[a] until the day of his return.
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- 1:12 Or what has been entrusted to me.
2 Timothy 1:8-12
International Standard Version
8 Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God’s power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.
9 He saved us
and called us with a holy calling,
not according to our own accomplishments,
but according to his own purpose and the grace
that was given to us in the Messiah[a] Jesus
before time began.[b]
10 Now, however, that grace[c] has been revealed
through the coming of our Savior the Messiah[d] Jesus,
who has destroyed death
and through the gospel has brought life
and release from death into full view.
11 For the sake of this gospel[e] I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.[f] 12 That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I’m convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me[g] until the day that he comes.[h]
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- 2 Timothy 1:9 Or Christ
- 2 Timothy 1:9 Lit. before the times of the ages
- 2 Timothy 1:10 Lit. however, it
- 2 Timothy 1:10 Or Christ
- 2 Timothy 1:11 Lit. For which
- 2 Timothy 1:11 Other mss. lack of the gentiles
- 2 Timothy 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him
- 2 Timothy 1:12 Lit. until that day
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