2 Timothy 4 Cross References - WPNT

¹ Now then, in the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge both living and dead with a view to His appearing and His Kingdom, I give you this charge: ² Proclaim the Word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and exhort, with lots of patience and teaching. ³ Because the time will come when they will not tolerate the sound doctrine; rather, they will accumulate for themselves a great many teachers who will tickle their ears according to their lusts ⁴ —yes, they will turn their ears away from the Truth and be turned aside to fables. ⁵ But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. ⁶ For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. ⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Now the crown of the righteousness is reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day; and not only to me, but also to all those who have longed for His appearing. ⁹ Do your best to come to me quickly; ¹⁰ for Demas, loving this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica—Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. ¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry. ¹² Tychicus I sent to Ephesus. ¹³ Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, when you come—and the books, especially the parchments. ¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith did me a lot of harm; may the Lord repay him according to his deeds. ¹⁵ You also guard against him, because he strongly opposed our words. ¹⁶ At my first defense no one came to help me, but all deserted me. May it not be held against them. ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the nations might hear. Also, I was delivered out of a lion’s mouth; ¹⁸ and the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and save me into His heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. ¹⁹ Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. ²⁰ Erastus stayed in Corinth, while I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. ²¹ Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers. ²² The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. The Grace be with you. Amen.

¹³ And do not bring us into testing, but rescue us from the evil one; because Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’

¹⁹ “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust ruin and where thieves break in and steal; ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust ruins and where thieves neither break in nor steal;

²² Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many mighty works in Your name?’

¹⁶ “Now then, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be prudent like snakes and innocent like doves. ¹⁷ But beware of the people, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

¹⁹ But whenever they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you will speak, for it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;

⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁷ For the Son of the Man will certainly come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will recompense each according to his performance.

³⁰ But many ‘first’ will be last, and ‘last’ first.

¹⁶ Just so the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

³⁶ “But no one knows concerning that day and hour, not even the angels of the heavens, except my Father alone.

³¹ “When the Son of the Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on His throne of glory. ³² And all the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ And the sheep He will place on His right, but the goats on His left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom that was prepared for you at the foundation of the world.

³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom that was prepared for you at the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me.’ ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer Him saying: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ Or when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ ⁴⁰ And in answer the King will say to them, ‘Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ ⁴¹ “Then He will also say to those on His left: ‘Go away from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you did not give me food; I was thirsty and you did not give me drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not take me in; I was naked and you did not clothe me; I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ ⁴⁴ Then they also will answer saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you?’ ⁴⁵ Then He will answer them saying, ‘Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, neither did you do it to me’. ⁴⁶ And they will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

⁵⁶ But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets should be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and ran away.

²⁰ teaching them to obey everything that I commanded you; and take note, I am with you every day, until the end of the age!” Amen.

³⁴ It is like a man off on a journey, having left his house and given the authority to his slaves, and to each his work; and he commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

³⁷ The things I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”

⁵⁰ Then they all deserted Him and ran away.

¹⁸ “The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He has anointed me to evangelize poor people. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to captives and recovery of sight to blind people, to send those who are oppressed out in freedom, ¹⁹ to proclaim the Lord’s favorable year.”

²⁶ Woe, when all men speak well of you; for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets!

⁴ And when they came to Jesus they started pleading earnestly with Him, saying that the one for whom He would do this was worthy,

²³ And, blessed is he who does not take offense at me!”

¹⁵ But that on the good ground: these are the ones who having heard the word with a noble and good heart, hold on to it and produce fruit with perseverance.”

⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the Kingdom of God”. ⁶¹ And another also said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house”. ⁶² But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to ‘the plow’ and looks back is suitable for the Kingdom of God”.

¹² I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that town.

⁴ Also, forgive us our sins, because we also forgive everyone indebted to us. And, do not lead us into testing, but deliver us from the evil one.”

²⁸ But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

³² “Do not fear, little flock, because it pleased the Father to give you the Kingdom.

³⁷ Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find watching when he comes. Assuredly I say to you that he will gird himself and have them recline, and will come and serve them.

³⁰ Yes indeed, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

²⁶ “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ And whoever does not carry his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

³³ “So likewise, any of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.

¹³ No servant can serve two masters; either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon!”

³² Remember Lot’s wife!

¹² So He said: “A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.

¹⁵ It happened that he did receive the kingdom, and upon returning he ordered that those slaves to whom he had given the money be called to him, to know who had gained what by trading.

¹⁹ The chief priests and the scribes wanted to lay hands on Him right then, but they were afraid —they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

¹⁵ because I will give you a mouth and wisdom such that all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or withstand.

²⁹ And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as my Father bestowed one on me,

⁴² Then he said to Jesus, “Please remember me, Lord, when you come in your kingdom”.

¹⁹ “Now this is the basis for the condemning, that the Light has come into the world, but the people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were malignant. ²⁰ For whoever practices evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light so that his deeds may not be exposed. ²¹ But whoever does the truth comes to the light so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they are done in God.”

⁶ Now Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, being worn out from the journey, sat as He was by the well. It was about 6 p.m. ⁷ A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give me a drink.” ⁸ (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) ⁹ So the Samaritan woman says to Him, “How can you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” (for Jews do not associate with Samaritans). ¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is the One saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.”

³² But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.” ³³ So the disciples started saying to one another, “Could someone have brought Him something to eat?” ³⁴ Jesus says to them: “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to complete His work.

³⁴ Jesus says to them: “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to complete His work.

²² In fact the Father does not judge anyone but has committed all the judging to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. ²⁴ “Most assuredly I say to you that the one listening to my word and believing on Him who sent me has eternal life; he will not go into judging but has moved out of the death into the life. ²⁵ “Most assuredly I say to you that a time is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live. ²⁶ Because just as the Father has life in Himself just so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ furthermore He gave Him the authority to pass judgment, because He is Son of Man .

⁴⁵ But since I speak the truth you do not believe me.

²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they will never ever be wasted; and no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch out of my Father’s hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.”

³² Listen, an hour is coming, actually it has already arrived, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

⁶ “I have revealed Your name to the men whom You have given me out of the world. They were Yours and You gave them to me, and they have kept Your word.

¹⁵ I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

⁵⁷ Yelling at the top of their voice they covered their ears and rushed at him all at once,

⁶⁰ Then kneeling down he called out at the top of his voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” And upon saying this he fell asleep. (Saul was in full agreement with his murder.)

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him: “Get moving, because this man is a chosen vessel to me, to carry my name before nations and kings, also the children of Israel;

⁴² And He ordered us to proclaim to the people, that is to testify that He is the One who has been ordained by God as Judge of living and dead.

¹² Upon reflection he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John (the one called Mark), where a considerable number had gathered and were praying.

²⁵ Now Barnabas and Saul returned to Antioch, having fulfilled their mission, also taking with them John, the one called Mark.

⁵ And upon arriving in Salamis, they started proclaiming the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews (also they had John as assistant).

¹³ Then Paul and his party set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphilia (here John left them and returned to Jerusalem).

²⁵ Well as John was fulfilling his course, he said: ‘Whom do you suppose me to be? No I’m not—but indeed He comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie’.

³⁸ But Paul insisted on not taking someone who had deserted them in Pamphilia and not gone with them to the work. ³⁹ Well the contention became so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;

⁶ Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

⁸ So they bypassed Mysia and went down to Troas.

¹⁰ So when he saw the vision, we immediately prepared to go over to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to evangelize them. ¹¹ So setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis;

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside the city by a river, where prayer was customarily made, and sitting down we started speaking to the assembled women.

³¹ So they said, “Believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household”. ³² Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. ³³ In that same hour of the night he took them aside and washed their wounds, and thereupon he and all his family were baptized.

¹ Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

¹¹ Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all good-will, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things might be so.

¹³ But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was also being proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came too, agitating the crowds.

²¹ (Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)

³¹ because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

² And encountering a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome), he joined them;

⁹ Now the Lord said to Paul by a vision at night: “Do not be afraid; rather speak and do not keep silent, ¹⁰ because I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

¹⁸ Paul still remained there a good while, then took leave of the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila (he had shaved his head in Cenchrea, because he had a vow).

²³ After spending some time there, he departed and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

²⁶ So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

²² So he sent two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, on to Macedonia, while he himself stayed on in Asia for a time.

³³ Then the Jews pushed Alexander forward, out from the crowd. So Alexander motioned with his hand and would have made a defense to the people. ³⁴ But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

⁴ Now Sopater of Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia were going to accompany him as far as Asia; ⁵ so having gone on ahead, these men were waiting for us in Troas. ⁶ But it was after the Days of Unleavened Bread that we sailed from Philippi, and in five days we joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days. ⁷ Now on the first day of the week, the disciples being assembled to break bread, Paul started addressing them, and because he intended to leave the next day he continued his message until midnight.

⁷ Now on the first day of the week, the disciples being assembled to break bread, Paul started addressing them, and because he intended to leave the next day he continued his message until midnight. ⁸ There were many lamps in the upper room where we were assembled. ⁹ Well a certain young man named Eutychus sat in a window and was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking; when he was overcome by the sleep he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. ¹⁰ So Paul went down, threw himself on him and embracing him said, “Don’t be distressed, because his life is in him!” ¹¹ Then he went back up and broke bread, ate, and kept on speaking until daybreak—that’s how he left! ¹² (On their part, they led the boy away alive, and were greatly comforted.)

¹⁵ Sailing from there, the next day we arrived opposite Chios, and the day after we crossed over to Samos and stopped in Trogylium; the following day we came to Miletus. ¹⁶ (Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, to avoid being detained in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, if he possibly could.) ¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the congregation.

¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the congregation. ¹⁸ So when they had come to him he said to them: “You yourselves know, from the first day that I arrived in Asia, how I lived the whole time I was with you, ¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility, and with many tears and trials, the ones that happened to me by the plots of the Jews; ²⁰ how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house, ²¹ solemnly proclaiming to both Jews and Greeks the repentance toward God and the faith into our Lord Jesus.

²⁴ However none of this moves me, nor do I regard my life as valuable to myself, just so that I may complete my course with joy, even the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly proclaim the Good News of the grace of God. ²⁵ “Furthermore, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the Kingdom of God will ever see my face again.

³⁰ Yes, men will rise up from among you yourselves, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore be alert, remembering that during three years, night and day, I never stopped admonishing each one, with tears.

⁸ Leaving the next day, we came to Caesarea; and entering the house of Philip the evangelist (being of ‘the Seven’), we stayed with him.

²⁹ (They had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

¹ “Men, brothers and fathers, listen to my defense before you now.”

¹¹ Now the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, Paul, because as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome”.

¹⁶ to whom I answered that it is not a custom with Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the accused has his accusers face to face and has opportunity for defense against the accusation.

¹⁷ delivering you from ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations, to which I am sending you: ¹⁸ to open their eyes, so as to bring them back from darkness into light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified, by faith into me.’

²³ This night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood by me ²⁴ and said: ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Furthermore, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

¹⁶ Now when we entered Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commander; but Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who guarded him.

³⁰ Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to see him, ³¹ proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all boldness, without hindrance.

⁷ to all the called saints who are in Rome, beloved of God: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ Rather, due to your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up wrath for yourself in the day of God’s wrath and revelation and righteous judgment,

¹⁶ in the day when God, according to my Gospel, will judge people’s secrets by Jesus Christ.

²³ Not only that, we ourselves also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, eagerly awaiting adoption, the redemption of our body.

¹⁵ And how will they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: “How timely is the arrival of those who bring good news of peace, of those who announce the good things.”

³⁶ Because from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

¹² rejoicing in the hope; enduring the affliction; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

¹⁹ Dear ones, do not avenge yourselves; rather give place to the wrath; for it is written: “Vengeance is up to me; I will repay”, says the Lord.

⁹ For this very reason Christ both died and rose, and lived, so as to rule both dead and living. ¹⁰ But you, why do you judge your brother? And you too, why do you look down on your brother? Because we will all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ. ¹¹ For it is written: “‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall acknowledge God.’”

¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of God’s Spirit, so that I have fully proclaimed the Gospel of the Christ from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.

³ Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, ⁴ who risked their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles.

²⁰ The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. ²¹ Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my countrymen. ²² I, Tertius, who penned this letter in the Lord, greet you. ²³ Gaius, host to me and the whole congregation, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, as does brother Quartus.

²³ Gaius, host to me and the whole congregation, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, as does brother Quartus.

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¹ So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come proclaiming God’s testimony to you with a ‘superior’ speech or wisdom.

⁴ Yes, my message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

⁹ However, as it is written: “Things no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and no heart of man has imagined, such things has God prepared for those who love Him.”

⁴ For I am conscious of nothing against myself, although I am not justified by this; it is the Lord who judges me. ⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and expose the motives of the hearts. At that time the praise that comes to each will be from God.

¹¹ To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty; we are poorly dressed, brutally treated, and wander homeless;

³ My defense to those who are judging me is this:

²⁴ Do you not know that in a stadium race all the runners run, but one gets the prize? Run like that, that you may win. ²⁵ All athletic competitors exercise general self-control—they do it in order to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

²⁵ All athletic competitors exercise general self-control—they do it in order to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. ²⁶ So that is how I ‘run’, with a definite goal; that is how I fight, with well-aimed blows. ²⁷ Yes, I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

¹³ No testing has overtaken you except what is common to man, and God is competent, who will not allow you to be tested beyond what you can stand, but with the testing will also provide the way out, that you may be able to endure it.

¹⁹ The congregations of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the congregation in their house, greet you warmly in the Lord. ²⁰ All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

²³ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

¹⁰ He did deliver us from that deadly peril, and still delivers; in whom we trust that He will keep on delivering,

¹³ I had no rest in my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother; so taking leave of them I went on into Macedonia.

² Further, in this one we do groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly habitation;

⁹ Yes, that is why we make it our aim (whether at home or away from it) to be well pleasing to Him. ¹⁰ Because we must all be exposed before Christ’s Judgment Seat, that each one may receive his due for the things he did while in the body, whether good or bad.

⁶ But the God who encourages the lowly encouraged us by the coming of Titus;

¹¹ Just consider your own being caused to sorrow in a godly manner, how much diligence it produced in you—what self-defense, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have demonstrated yourselves to be clear in the matter.

⁶ So we urged Titus that as he had made a beginning so he should also bring to completion in you this grace as well;

¹⁶ Now thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you in the heart of Titus;

²⁷ in toil and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold and nakedness —

⁹ But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more cheerfully about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may take up residence upon me.

¹³ All the saints greet you. ¹⁴ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

² and all the brothers with me, to the congregations in Galatia:

⁵ to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹ Fourteen years later I went up to Jerusalem again, with Barnabas, taking Titus along as well. ² I went on the basis of a revelation and set before them [the main apostles] the Gospel that I proclaim among the nations/Gentiles.—Now I did this privately to those with influence, lest somehow I might run, or had run, in vain. ³ However, not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, for being a Greek.

¹⁶ Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

⁶ Let him who is taught the Word share all good things with him who teaches.

¹⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

⁸ To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

¹¹ Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

²¹ Now that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything;

²⁴ The grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Amen.

⁷ just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel you all are partakers with me of grace.

¹² Now I want you to know, brothers, that the events against me have actually turned out for the advancement of the Gospel: ¹³ as a result, it has become evident to the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that I am in chains for Christ; ¹⁴ also, most of the brothers in the Lord have been influenced by my chains to be much bolder, to speak the Word fearlessly.

¹⁷ but the latter out of love, knowing that I am set here for the defense of the Gospel.

²³ I am torn between the two: I have the desire to depart and be with Christ (far better),

¹⁷ Yes, even if I am a libation being poured on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

²¹ (for all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus).

²⁶ since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. ²⁷ Well, he really was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

² Watch out for the ‘dogs’, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for the mutilation!

¹³ Brothers, I do not consider that I have already claimed it, but this: forgetting the things behind and straining toward those ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize, the upward call from God because of Christ Jesus.

²² All the saints greet you, but especially those who are of Caesar’s household.

⁵ because of the hope that is being reserved for you in the heavens, of which you have already heard through the Word of the Truth

²⁵ of which I became a servant according to the stewardship from God that was given to me towards you, to complete the Word of God,

²⁸ whom we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ. ²⁹ It is to this end that I labor, striving according to His working that works through me with power.

⁴ Whenever Christ, our life, is revealed then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

⁷ Tichicus will tell you all the news about me; he is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow slave in the Lord.

¹⁰ Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him),

¹⁴ Luke the beloved physician greets you, also Demas.

¹⁴ Luke the beloved physician greets you, also Demas. ¹⁵ Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the congregation at his house.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, “See to it that you complete the work that you received in the Lord.” ¹⁸ This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. The Grace be with you. Amen.

¹⁰ and to wait for His Son coming out of the heavens (whom He raised from among the dead) —Jesus, who preserves us from the coming wrath.

¹¹ indeed you know how we treated each one of you as a father does his own children, exhorting and comforting you, ¹² insisting that you conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

¹⁵ For this we say to you by a word of the Lord, that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will absolutely not precede those who have fallen asleep; ¹⁶ because the Lord Himself—with a commanding shout, with the archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet—will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first;

⁴ But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this Day should come upon you like a thief.

⁶ So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay alert and sober;

¹⁴ Now we exhort you, brothers: admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, be supportive of the weak, be patient toward all.

²⁰ Do not disdain prophesies,

²³ Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ —the above is evidence that God’s judgment is right, to the end that you be considered worthy of the Kingdom of God, on behalf of which you are actually suffering; ⁶ since to God it is right to pay back affliction to those who are afflicting you

⁶ since to God it is right to pay back affliction to those who are afflicting you ⁷ and rest (along with us) to you who are being afflicted, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels in blazing fire, ⁸ inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁹ who will pay a penalty: everlasting ruin, away from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might, ¹⁰ whenever He comes to be glorified by His saints, yes to be marveled at by all who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed); in that Day.

⁸ And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and abolish by the splendor of His coming;

³ But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and guard you from the wicked one.

³ You recall that I urged you to remain in Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, in order that you should command certain persons to stop teaching a different doctrine ⁴ and occupying themselves with myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than the godly edification which is by faith.

¹⁰ for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine

¹² I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who enables me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into a ministry;

¹⁷ Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. ¹⁸ Son Timothy, I am giving you this charge in accordance with the prophecies about you that lead the way, that in them you may wage the good warfare,

²⁰ of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander—whom I have handed over to Satan that they may be taught not to blaspheme).

¹ Now the Spirit says explicitly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceiving spirits and to things taught by demons ² —through hypocritical liars whose own consciences have been cauterized, ³ who forbid to marry and to eat foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and really know the truth.

⁷ But reject godless myths and old wive’s tales; rather, exercise yourself toward godliness.

¹² Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. ¹³ Until I come give attention to public reading [of Scripture], to exhortation, to teaching.

¹⁵ Cultivate these things; give yourself wholly to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

¹⁵ Cultivate these things; give yourself wholly to them, so that your progress may be evident to all. ¹⁶ Take pains with yourself and the doctrine; persevere in those things, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

²⁰ Those who are sinning rebuke publicly, so that the rest also may be in fear. ²¹ I charge you in the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudgment, doing nothing by partiality.

¹⁰ because the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil; in their greediness some have been led away from the faith and have impaled themselves on many distresses.

¹² Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life into which you were called—indeed you confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. ¹³ In the presence of the God who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you ¹⁴ to keep this commandment without spot, blameless until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁶ who alone has immortality, residing in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see; to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen. ¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present world not to be haughty, nor to rely upon the uncertainty of riches but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

¹⁹ —storing up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, so that they may lay hold on the eternal life. ²⁰ O Timothy, guard the deposit! Turn away from the godless, empty chatter and inconsistencies of what is falsely called ‘science’ ²¹ —by professing it some have erred concerning the faith. The Grace be with you. Amen.

⁴ longing to see you (recalling your tears), that I may be filled with joy;

⁸ So don’t be ashamed to identify with our Lord or with me His prisoner, but join in suffering for the Gospel according to the power of God

¹² That is why I am suffering these things, yet I am not ashamed because I know in whom I have believed and am certain that He is able to guard my deposit until that Day.

¹⁴ Guard the good deposit by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. ¹⁵ This you know, that all those in Asia have been turned away from me, including Phygellus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶ May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorous, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain; ¹⁷ rather, when he arrived in Rome he searched diligently for me until he found me ¹⁸ (may the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day); you also know very well in how many ways he served me in Ephesus.

¹⁸ (may the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day); you also know very well in how many ways he served me in Ephesus.

³ You therefore are to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

⁵ Further, if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules

¹⁰ This is why I endure it all: for the sake of the chosen ones, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

¹⁴ Keep reiterating these things, exhorting them before the Lord not to argue about words to no useful purpose —it just ruins the hearers.

²¹ So if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

²⁵ correcting courteously those who oppose him, in hopes that God may grant them repentance leading to a real knowledge of Truth

¹ Now understand this: In the last days there will be grievous times; ² because people will be self-lovers, money lovers, boasters, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ without family affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, ⁴ betrayers, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; ⁵ wearing a form of godliness while having denied its power! You must avoid such people; ⁶ because they are the sort that press into households and ‘capture’ gullible women loaded down with sins, who are led along by various lusts,

⁸ Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth—men of depraved mind, disqualified as regards the faith—

¹⁰ You, however, have carefully followed my doctrine, my lifestyle, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance;

¹⁰ You, however, have carefully followed my doctrine, my lifestyle, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance; ¹¹ the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured; yet the Lord delivered me out of them all.

¹¹ the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured; yet the Lord delivered me out of them all. ¹² In fact, any one who desires to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted;

¹ Now then, in the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge both living and dead with a view to His appearing and His Kingdom, I give you this charge:

⁸ Now the crown of the righteousness is reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day; and not only to me, but also to all those who have longed for His appearing. ⁹ Do your best to come to me quickly; ¹⁰ for Demas, loving this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica—Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

¹³ Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.

¹⁶ At my first defense no one came to help me, but all deserted me. May it not be held against them.

²¹ Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers.

⁴ to Titus, a true son in a common faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from Father God and Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior.

¹³ This testimony is true. Therefore correct them rigorously, that they may be sound in the faith, ¹⁴ not paying attention to Jewish fables or to commands of men who are rejecting the truth.

¹³ looking for the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

¹⁵ Speak these things, whether you exhort or reprove, with all authority. Let no one disdain you.

¹² As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to spend the winter there.

²⁴ as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers. ²⁵ The grace of our Lord Jesus be with your (pl) spirit. Amen.

²⁷ Also, inasmuch as men are destined to die but once, after which the judgment, ²⁸ so the Christ also, having been offered once for all to bear the sins of many—He will appear a second time to those who are eagerly waiting for Him, apart from sin, into salvation.

²⁸ so the Christ also, having been offered once for all to bear the sins of many—He will appear a second time to those who are eagerly waiting for Him, apart from sin, into salvation.

³³ who through faith subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, closed lions’ mouths,

¹ So then, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we too must run with endurance the race that is set before us, laying aside every impediment and the sin that so easily ensnares, ² looking unto Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of the Faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured a cross, scorning its ignominy, and took His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit, for they keep watch over your souls, as those who must give account, so that they may do it with joy and not sighing (which would be unprofitable for you).

²¹ equip you for every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. ²² Now I appeal to you, brothers, bear with this word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.

²⁵ The Grace be with you all. Amen.

¹² A man who endures testing is blessed, because upon becoming approved he will receive the crown of the life that the Lord has promised to those loving Him.

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those loving Him?

⁴ into an imperishable and undefiled and unfading inheritance, already reserved in the heavens for you, ⁵ who are being guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁷ so that the demonstrated genuineness of your faith (much more precious than gold that perishes, albeit tested through fire) may translate into praise, glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ

¹³ Therefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, staying sober, rest your hope fully upon the grace being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ —

¹⁵ Rather, sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready with an answer for everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and respect;

⁵ they will give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead

⁴ And when the Chief Shepherd is revealed you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

⁸ Be sober, stay alert! Because your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is circling you, looking for someone to devour;

¹¹ To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

¹³ The jointly elect sister in ‘Babylon’ greets you; and so does Mark, my son. ¹⁴ Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you, all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

¹¹ Because in this way you will be granted the abundant entrance into the unending kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ knowing that the shedding of my ‘tent’ is imminent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. ¹⁵ Moreover I will take pains to provide a reminder of these things for you to have, as needed, after my exit. ¹⁶ Now then, we did not follow craftily devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, rather we were attentive eyewitnesses of His majesty ¹⁷ —because He received from God the Father honor and glory when that voice was directed to Him by the Magnificent Glory, “This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I am always well pleased”—

¹ However, there were also false prophets among the people, just as, indeed, there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Owner who bought them (bringing on themselves swift destruction). ² And many will follow their licentious ways, because of which the way of the Truth will be defamed. ³ And in covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; since way back the judgment for such people is not slack, and their destruction will not sleep.

⁹ —then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,

¹⁵ having forsaken the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

¹⁵ Do not love the world, neither the things in the world; if anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. ¹⁶ Because everything in the world—the craving of the flesh and the craving of the eyes and the pretension of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

²⁸ And now, dear children, do abide in Him, so that whenever He appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

⁴ in that whatever has been begotten by God overcomes the world; this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. ⁵ Who is he who overcomes the world if not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

¹⁶ If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, let him ask, and He will give him life for those who do not sin unto death. There is sin leading to death; I am not saying that he should make request about that.

¹³ The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen. ¹⁴ rather I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends here greet you. Greet the friends there by name.

¹ Jude, slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, those who have been sanctified by God the Father and preserved through Jesus Christ:

²⁴ Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling and to present them before His glorious presence without fault and with exultation— ²⁵ to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, power and authority, both now and throughout all the ages! Amen.

⁷ Take note, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts [in dismay] because of Him. Yea, verily!

¹⁰ Do not fear any of the things that you are about to suffer: Take note, the devil is really about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have an affliction of ten days. Stay faithful until death and I will give you the crown of life.

² Wake up! And strengthen the remaining things that you were about to throw away, for I have not found your works to be fulfilled before my God.

⁸ ‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, that no one is able to shut; because you have a little strength and have kept my Word and have not denied my name.

¹⁰ Because you have kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of the testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited earth, to test those who dwell on the earth.

¹⁹ As many as I love I rebuke and discipline; so be zealous and repent!

⁴ And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw the twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes and golden crowns on their heads.

¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and they cast their crowns before the throne saying:

¹⁰ And they cried out with a loud voice saying, “How long, O Sovereign, Holy and True, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

⁶ Render to her just as she rendered to you; yes, pay her back double, according to her deeds; in the cup that she mixed, mix double for her.

²⁰ “Rejoice over her, O heaven, yes you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her!”

¹¹ I saw the heaven opened, and wow, a white horse! And the One who sits on it, called Faithful and True, both judges and makes war with righteousness.

¹¹ Then I saw a tremendous white throne and the One who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away; and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and books were opened. And another Book was opened, namely, of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things that were written in the books. ¹³ The ocean gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; and they were judged each one according to their works. ¹⁴ And Death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death, the Lake of Fire. ¹⁵ And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life he was thrown into the Lake of Fire.

²⁰ He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming swiftly!” Oh yes!! Come, Lord Jesus! ²¹ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.