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20 I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare.

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20 I have no one else like him,(A) who will show genuine concern for your welfare.

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Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.

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then make my joy complete(A) by being like-minded,(B) having the same love, being one(C) in spirit and of one mind.

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22 But you know how Timothy has proved himself. Like a son with his father, he has served with me in preaching the Good News.

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22 But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father(A) he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

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10 When Timothy comes, don’t intimidate him. He is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.

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10 When Timothy(A) comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord,(B) just as I am.

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Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.

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He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(A) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

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13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.

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13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

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And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.

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And Jonathan made a covenant(A) with David because he loved him as himself.

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I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.

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I am reminded of your sincere faith,(A) which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice(B) and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

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I am writing to Timothy, my true son in the faith.

May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.

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To Timothy(A) my true son(B) in the faith:

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.(C)

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11 Jesus (the one we call Justus) also sends his greetings. These are the only Jewish believers among my co-workers; they are working with me here for the Kingdom of God. And what a comfort they have been!

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11 Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews[a] among my co-workers(A) for the kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 4:11 Greek only ones of the circumcision group

Divisions in the Church

10 I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters,[a] by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose. 11 For some members of Chloe’s household have told me about your quarrels, my dear brothers and sisters.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:10 Greek brothers; also in 1:11, 26.

A Church Divided Over Leaders

10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a](A) in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you,(B) but that you be perfectly united(C) in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household(D) have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.

29 “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world,
    but you surpass them all!”

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29 “Many women do noble things,
    but you surpass them all.”

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13 Instead, it is you—my equal,
    my companion and close friend.

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13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(A)

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