It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

We hear that some of you are living in idleness. You are not busy working you are busy interfering in other people's lives!

If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of him. Have nothing to do with him so that he will feel ashamed.

When I was on my way to Macedonia, I urged you to stay in Ephesus so that you could instruct certain people to stop teaching false doctrine

The goal of this instruction is love that flows from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith.

Of course, we know that the Law is good if a person uses it legitimately,

that is, if he understands that the Law is not intended for righteous people but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who are unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people,

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

I thank the Messiah Jesus, our Lord, who gives me strength, that he has considered me faithful and has appointed me to his service.

and the grace of our Lord overflowed toward me, along with the faith and love that are in the Messiah Jesus.

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim.

I am the worst of them. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, the Messiah Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life.

Timothy, my child, I am instructing you in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may continue to fight the good fight

These include Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme.

for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity.

He must not be a recent convert, so that he won't become arrogant and fall into the Devil's condemnation.

in case I am delayed, so that you may know how to behave in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Now the Spirit says clearly that in the last times some people will abandon the faith by following deceitful spirits, the teachings of demons,

If you continue to point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of the Messiah Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the healthy teaching that you have followed closely.

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance.

To this end we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, that is, of those who believe.

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you.

Think on these things. Devote your life to them so that everyone can see your progress.

Continue to give these instructions, so that they may be blameless.

As for those who keep on sinning, rebuke them in front of everyone so that the rest will also be afraid.

In the same way, good actions are obvious, and those that are not cannot remain hidden.

All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

By doing this they store up a treasure for themselves that is a good foundation for the future, so that they can keep their hold on the life that is real.

From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by God's will in keeping with the promise of life that is in the Messiah Jesus.

recalling your tears and longing to see you so that I can be filled with joy.

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first existed in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that this faith also exists in you.

For this reason, I am reminding you to fan into flames the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands.

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 Jesus before time began.

Now, however, that grace has been revealed through the coming of our Savior the Messiah Jesus, who has destroyed death and through the gospel has brought life and release from death into full view.

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 until the day that he comes.

Hold on to the pattern of healthy teachings that you have heard from me, along with the faith and love that are in the Messiah Jesus.

With the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us, protect the good treasure that has been entrusted to you.

You know that everyone in Asia has abandoned me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often took care of me and was not ashamed that I was a prisoner.

May the Lord grant that he finds mercy on the day he comes again. You know very well how much he assisted me in Ephesus.

As for you, my child, be strong by the grace that is in the Messiah Jesus.

For that reason, I endure everything for the sake of those who have been chosen so that they, too, may receive the salvation that is in the Messiah Jesus, along with eternal glory.

Our faith may fail, his never wanes That's who he is, he cannot change!

and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.

They have abandoned the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place, and so they destroy the faith of others.

so that they might escape from the Devil's snare, even though they've been held captive by him to do his will.

You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come.

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to give you the wisdom you need for salvation through faith in the Messiah Jesus.

so that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good action.

The victor's crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on the day that he comes, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.

However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.

From: Paul, a servant of God, and also an apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to bring the faith to those chosen by God, along with full knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.

At the right time he revealed his message through the proclamation that was entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

To: Titus, a genuine child in the faith that we share. May grace and peace from God the Father and the Messiah, Jesus our Savior, be yours!

He must be devoted to the trustworthy message that agrees with what we teach, so that he may be able to encourage others with healthy doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

One of their very own prophets said, "Liars ever, men of Crete, savage brutes that live to eat."

That statement is true. For this reason, refute them sharply so that they may become healthy in the faith

Use wholesome speech that cannot be condemned. Then any opponent will be ashamed because he cannot say anything bad about us.

or steal from them. Instead, they are to show complete and perfect loyalty, so that in every way they may make the teaching about God our Savior more attractive.

It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age

He gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to cleanse us so that we could be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good deeds.

"Twas not for deeds that we had done, but by his steadfast love alone, he saved us through a second birth, renewed us by the Spirit's work,

This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have put their faith in God may devote themselves to good actions. These things are good and helpful to other people.

For you know that a person like this is corrupt and keeps on sinning, being self-condemned.

Do all you can to send Zenas the expert in the Law and Apollos on their way, and see that they have everything they need.

because I keep hearing about your love for all the saints and the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus.

I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every blessing that is ours in the Messiah.

I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel. forced, but voluntary.

Yet I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be something

15Perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you could have him back forever,

19I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. (I will not mention to you that you owe me your very life.)

21Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I know that you will do even more than I ask.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. That is why God, your God, anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness."

Instead, someone has declared somewhere, "What is man that you should remember him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering as part of his plan to glorify many children,

because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers

Therefore, since the children have flesh and blood, he himself also shared the same things, so that by his death he might destroy the one who has the power of death (that is, the Devil)

For it is clear that he did not come to help angels. No, he came to help Abraham's descendants,

thereby becoming like his brothers in every way, so that he could be a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God and could atone for the people's sins.

because he is worthy of greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

even though they had seen my actions for 40 years. That is why I was indignant with that generation and said, "They are always going astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.'

So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest."

See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.

Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,

And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest? It was to those who disobeyed him, was it not?

So we see that they were unable to enter because of their unbelief.

We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said, "So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest,"

Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

For every high priest selected from among men is appointed to officiate on their behalf in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

For that reason he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people.

For when the ground soaks up rain that often falls on it and continues producing vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated, it receives a blessing from God.

Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case, things that point to salvation.

so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

That hope, firm and secure like an anchor for our souls, reaches behind the curtain