2 Timothée 2.12
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¹ You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
² and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
³ Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
⁴ No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
⁵ An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
⁶ It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
⁷ Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
⁸ Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
⁹ for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
¹⁰ Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
¹¹ The saying is trustworthy, for:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
¹² if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us;
¹³ if we are faithless, he remains faithful&emdash;
for he cannot deny himself.
¹⁴ Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
¹⁵ Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
¹⁶ But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
¹⁷ and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
¹⁸ who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.
¹⁹ But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: The Lord knows those who are his, and, Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.
²⁰ Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
²¹ Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
²² So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
²³ Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
²⁴ And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
²⁵ correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
²⁶ and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.