Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

I Thank The Lord Jesus For Showing Mercy To Me And Appointing Me To Serve Him

¹² I have gratitude to Christ Jesus our Lord, the One having strengthened me, because He regarded me trustworthy^[a], having appointed me for service— ¹³ I formerly being a blasphemous one and a persecutor and violent^[b] one! But I was shown-mercy because being ignorant, I acted in unbelief. ¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ The saying is trustworthy and worthy of full acceptance— that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost^[c]. ¹⁶ But for this reason I was shown-mercy: in order that in me, the foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate^[d] all patience, for a pattern for the ones going to put-faith upon Him for eternal life. ¹⁷ Now to the King of the ages^[e], to the immortal invisible only God, be honor and glory forever and ever, amen.

I Am Giving You This Instruction, My Child, So You Can Fight The Good Fight

¹⁸ I am depositing^[f] this instruction^[g] with you, my child Timothy, in accordance with the preceding^[h] prophecies about you, in order that by them^[i] you may fight the good fight, ¹⁹ having faith and a good conscience, which^[j] having pushed-aside^[k], some suffered-shipwreck with respect to the^[l] faith— ²⁰ of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed-over to Satan in order that they may be trained not to blaspheme.