Encouragement to Be Faithful

 

2Ti 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.

2Ti 1:4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

2Ti 1:5 I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

2Ti 1:6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

2Ti 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

2Ti 1:8 So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,

2Ti 1:9 who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

2Ti 1:10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

2Ti 1:11 And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.

2Ti 1:12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.

2Ti 1:13 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.

2Ti 1:14 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

2Ti 1:15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

 

Balance of related scriptures...

 

2Ti 1:16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

2Ti 1:17 On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.

2Ti 1:18 May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.

2Ti 2:1 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2Ti 2:2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.

2Ti 2:3 Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2Ti 2:4 No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs—he wants to please his commanding officer.

2Ti 2:5 Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor’s crown unless he competes according to the rules.

2Ti 2:6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

2Ti 2:7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

2Ti 2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,

2Ti 2:9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.

2Ti 2:10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

2Ti 2:11 Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him;

2Ti 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;

2Ti 2:13 if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

 

 

The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Pradis CD-ROM:1Co 12:31. Grand Rapids: The Zondervan Corporation, © 1973, 1978, 1984