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But we have to keep thanking God for you always, brothers whom the Lord loves, because God chose you as firstfruits for deliverance by giving you the holiness that has its origin in the Spirit and the faithfulness that has its origin in the truth.

He called you to this through our Good News, so that you could have the glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

And may our Lord Yeshua the Messiah himself and God our Father, who has loved us and by his grace given us eternal comfort and a good hope,

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the Lord’s message may spread rapidly and receive honor, just as it did with you;

But the Lord is worthy of trust; he will make you firm and guard you from the Evil One.

Yes, united with the Lord we are confident about you, that you are doing the things we are telling you to do, and that you will keep on doing them.

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and the perseverance which the Messiah gives.

Now, in the name of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah we command you, brothers, to stay away from any brother who is leading a life of idleness, a life not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.

We command such people — and in union with the Lord Yeshua the Messiah we urge them — to settle down, get to work, and earn their own living.

Now may the Lord of shalom himself give you shalom always in all ways. The Lord be with all of you.

The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with you all.

From: Sha’ul, an emissary of the Messiah Yeshua by command of God our deliverer and the Messiah Yeshua our hope,

To: Timothy, a true son because of your trust: Grace, mercy and shalom from God the Father and the Messiah Yeshua our Lord.

and I thank the one who has given me strength, the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, that he considered me trustworthy enough to put me in his service,

Our Lord’s grace overflowed to me with trust and love that come through the Messiah Yeshua.

So here is a statement you can trust, one that fully deserves to be accepted: the Messiah came into the world to save sinners, and I’m the number one sinner!

But this is precisely why I received mercy — so that in me, as the number one sinner, Yeshua the Messiah might demonstrate how very patient he is, as an example to those who would later come to trust in him and thereby have eternal life.

This is what God, our Deliverer, regards as good; this is what meets his approval.

For God is one; and there is but one Mediator between God and humanity, Yeshua the Messiah, himself human,

who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all, thus providing testimony to God’s purpose at just the right time.

This is why I myself was appointed a proclaimer, even an emissary — I am telling the truth, not lying! — a trustworthy and truthful teacher of the Goyim.

For those who serve well as shammashim gain good standing for themselves and much boldness in the trust that comes through Yeshua the Messiah.

If you present all this to the brothers, you will be serving the Messiah Yeshua well; it will show that you have digested the words of the faith and of the good teaching which you have followed.

(indeed, it is for this that we toil and strive): we have our hope set on a living God who is the deliverer of all humanity, especially of those who trust.

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they begin to feel natural passions that alienate them from the Messiah, they want to get married.