The chapter opens with a greeting and a reminder of the apostle Paul’s mission to encourage the believers in the early church. It warns against being swayed by the world’s philosophy and instead to keep the faith of Christ as the true foundation for living.
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Romans 11:6Song of Solomon 5:9Philippians 4:1I Corinthians 15:10I Timothy 1:2Hebrews 4:16
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Romans 1:8Ephesians 1:16II Timothy 1:5II Timothy 3:15Acts 22:3Acts 24:14Acts 26:4Acts 27:23Galatians 1:14Acts 23:1Acts 24:16Romans 1:9
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II Timothy 4:9II Timothy 4:21Romans 1:11Romans 15:30Romans 15:31Romans 15:32Philippians 1:8Philippians 2:26I Thessalonians 2:17I Thessalonians 2:18I Thessalonians 2:19I Thessalonians 2:20
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Psalms 77:6Psalms 17:1Psalms 18:44Psalms 66:3Psalms 81:15Jeremiah 3:10John 1:47II Corinthians 6:6I Timothy 1:5I Timothy 4:6I Peter 1:22Psalms 22:10
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II Timothy 2:14Isaiah 43:26I Timothy 4:6II Peter 1:12II Peter 3:1Jude 1:5II Timothy 4:2Exodus 35:26Exodus 36:2Matthew 25:15Matthew 25:16Matthew 25:17
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Acts 20:24Acts 21:13Romans 8:15Hebrews 2:15I John 4:18Micah 3:8Zechariah 4:6Luke 10:19Luke 24:49Acts 1:8Acts 6:8Acts 9:22
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II Timothy 1:12Psalms 119:46Isaiah 51:7Mark 8:38Luke 9:26Acts 5:41Romans 1:16Romans 9:33Ephesians 3:13I Peter 4:14Psalms 19:7Isaiah 8:20
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Matthew 1:21Acts 2:47I Corinthians 1:18Ephesians 2:5Ephesians 2:8I Timothy 1:1Titus 3:4Titus 3:5Romans 8:28Romans 8:30Romans 9:24I Thessalonians 4:7
Romans 11:6John 15:19John 3:17I Corinthians 15:10II Peter 2:5Isaiah 59:6
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Isaiah 25:7Isaiah 60:2Isaiah 60:3Luke 2:31Luke 2:32Romans 16:26Ephesians 1:9Colossians 1:26Colossians 1:27Titus 1:3Titus 2:11I Peter 1:20
Isaiah 30:26Ephesians 5:13Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36I Corinthians 9:18
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Acts 9:15Ephesians 3:7Ephesians 3:8I Timothy 1:7I Timothy 2:7
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II Timothy 1:8II Timothy 2:9II Timothy 3:10II Timothy 3:11II Timothy 3:12II Timothy 4:16II Timothy 4:17Acts 9:16Acts 13:46Acts 13:50Acts 14:5Acts 14:6
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II Timothy 1:14II Timothy 3:14Proverbs 3:18Proverbs 3:21Proverbs 4:4Proverbs 4:5Proverbs 4:6Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 4:8Proverbs 4:13Proverbs 23:23Philippians 1:27
Zechariah 8:19Luke 6:32II Kings 6:32Hebrews 10:23Mark 2:18Hosea 3:1
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Acts 16:6Acts 19:10Acts 19:27Acts 19:31Acts 20:16I Corinthians 16:19II Timothy 4:10II Timothy 4:16Philippians 2:21
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II Timothy 1:18Nehemiah 5:19Nehemiah 13:14Nehemiah 13:22Nehemiah 13:31Psalms 18:25Psalms 37:26Matthew 5:7Matthew 10:41Matthew 10:42Matthew 25:35Matthew 25:36
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II Timothy 1:16I Kings 17:20Matthew 25:34Matthew 25:35Matthew 25:36Matthew 25:37Matthew 25:38Matthew 25:39Matthew 25:40Psalms 130:3Psalms 130:4Luke 1:72