11-12 This is the Message I’ve been set apart to proclaim as preacher, emissary, and teacher. It’s also the cause of all this trouble I’m in. But I have no regrets. I couldn’t be more sure of my ground—the One I’ve trusted in can take care of what he’s trusted me to do right to the end.

13-14 So keep at your work, this faith and love rooted in Christ, exactly as I set it out for you. It’s as sound as the day you first heard it from me. Guard this precious thing placed in your custody by the Holy Spirit who works in us.

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11 And of this gospel(A) I was appointed(B) a herald and an apostle and a teacher.(C) 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame,(D) because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard(E) what I have entrusted to him until that day.(F)

13 What you heard from me,(G) keep(H) as the pattern(I) of sound teaching,(J) with faith and love in Christ Jesus.(K)

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