Final Instructions and Greetings
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Now I urge you, brethren, note those k who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and l avoid them.
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For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but m their own belly, and n by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.
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For o your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be p wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil.
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And q the God of peace r will crush Satan under your feet shortly. s The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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t Timothy, my fellow worker, and u Lucius, v Jason, and w Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you.
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I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.
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x Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. y Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother.
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Cross References
Acts 15:1
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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1 Corinthians 5:9
I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.
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Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame - who set their mind on earthly things.
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Colossians 2:4
Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words.
2 Peter 2:3
By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
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Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
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Jeremiah 4:22
"For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge."
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.
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Romans 15:33
Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.
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1 Corinthians 16:23
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the lov...
Galatians 6:18
Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be...
Philippians 4:23
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you ...
1 Thessalonians 5:28
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you....
2 Thessalonians 3:18
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you ...
Revelation 22:21
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you ...
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Cross References
Acts 16:1
Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek.
Hebrews 13:23
Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly.
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Acts 13:1
Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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Acts 17:5
But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
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Acts 20:4
And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia - also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
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1 Corinthians 1:14
I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius.
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Acts 19:22
So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he himself stayed in Asia for a time.
2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.
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