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Markdown
35 lines
817 B
Markdown
## For this cause ##
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"Because I am an apostle"
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## I suffer ... these things ##
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"I am a prisoner"
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## I am persuaded ##
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"I am convinced"
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## that day ##
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Possible meanings are 1) the day when the Lord comes again or 2) the day when God judges people.
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## Keep to the pattern of healthy words which you heard from me ##
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"Keep teaching the correct ideas I have taught you" or "Use my words and my teaching methods as a pattern for what and how you should teach"
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## healthy words ##
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"correct ideas" or "true words"
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## That good thing ##
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This refers to the work of proclaiming the gospel correctly.
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## guard it ##
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Timothy needs to be alert because people will oppose his work, try to make him stop, and distort what he says.
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## through the Holy Spirit ##
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"do all and only what the Holy Spirit tells you to do" |