But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.
Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,
This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,
For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.
So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
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