From 2 Timothy 1:
6. For (or: Because of; With a view to) which cause I am periodically reminding you to habitually and progressively give life by fire again to (or: revive the fire of; cause the live coal to blaze up for; rekindle the dormant fire into flames of; to again put a spark to) God's [A reads: Christ's] effect of grace and favor (or: gracious gift), which has being (is; exists) within you through the imposition (or: the placing or laying upon) of my hands.
7. For God does not (or: did not) give a spirit of cowardice (or: a Breath-effect or attitude of timidity), but rather [a spirit and attitude] of ability and of power, as well as of love and of soundness in frame of mind
(of wholeness in thinking; of healthiness of
attitude; of sanity; of sensibility; of controlled
reasonableness; of rational moderation;
anatomically: of a saved diaphragm).
8. Therefore, do not become ashamed of (or: You should not, then, be embarrassed by) the testimony (witness; evidence) of our Lord (or: pertaining to our Lord), nor yet, [of; or: by] me, His bound-one (or: His prisoner). On the contrary, down from God's ability (or: in the sphere of power, which is God), experience things of bad quality (or: worthless encounters) together with [me] for the message of ease, goodness and well-being
(or: But rather, corresponding to God's power,
suffer evil and hardship with the evangel;
But further, accept your share in bad treatment
– in accord with the ability which comes from
God – in [the Way of] the Good News),
9. pertaining to the One delivering (rescuing; healing; restoring; saving) and calling us in a set-apart calling (or: to a holy invitation; for a separated and consecrated call); not corresponding to our works (or: down from our deeds; in accord with and on the level of our works’ actions), but on the contrary, corresponding to (down from; in accord with; on the level of) His own prior placing (or: previously setting-forth), even grace: that [which is] being given to us within Christ Jesus (or: corresponding to His own predetermined purpose and the favor being given to us, [which is] belonging to and pertaining to Jesus, resident within Christ), before times having the qualities and characteristics of the ages (before [the] age-lasting time periods; prior to eonian times; = before [the] time segments of [the] ages [began]),
10. and now (at the present moment), being set in clear light so as to become visible (or: manifested) through the bringing to full light (or: the complete shining upon; the full appearance in light; the complete manifestation by light) of our Deliverer (Savior; Rescuer), Christ Jesus – on the one hand, idling down death (or: The Death) so as to make it unproductive and useless, yet on the other hand, illuminating (giving light to) life and incorruptibility (the absence of the ability to decay; un-ruinableness) through means of the message of goodness, ease and well-being –
11. into which (or: into Whom) I am placed (or: I was put): a herald (a public announcer; a proclaimer; a preacher) – even a person sent off with a mission (an envoy; a representative; or: = a messenger) – and a teacher [other MSS add: of the ethnic multitudes (nations; Gentiles; Goyim; non-Jews)].
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