2 Timothy 1:8-10

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⁸ So do not be ashamed to ·tell people [testify; bear witness] about our Lord, and do not be ashamed of me, ·in prison for the Lord [^Lhis prisoner; ^CPaul was in prison in Rome for a second time and would soon be executed]. But suffer with me for the ·Good News [Gospel]. God, who gives us the strength to do that, ⁹ saved us and ·made us his holy people [^Lcalled us to a holy calling]. That was not because of anything we did ourselves but because of ·God’s [^Lhis own] purpose and grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before ·time began [^Leternal times], ¹⁰ but it is now ·shown [revealed; manifested] to us by the ·coming [appearing; manifestation] of our Savior Christ Jesus. He ·destroyed [broke the power of; abolished] death, and through the ·Good News [Gospel] he ·showed us the way to have [^Lilluminated; brought to light] ·life that cannot be destroyed [immortal life; ^Llife and immortality].