You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon.
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected, I will leave for Spain by way of you.
At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints.
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. 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.
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