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Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> for that day. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Holding to Sound Teaching<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Guard the treasure entrusted to you,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You know that everyone in the Province of Asia<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>timidity</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>cowardice</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>before times eternal</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>what He has entrusted to me</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>sound words</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>the good deposit entrusted to you</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Literally <i>in Asia</i><span class="thin"> </span>; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey. <br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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