Bible in a Year 12/14/2016

Summary Verses
4:1 Paul charges Timothy to preach the Gospel of Christ with all diligence. 4:3 Paul warns Timothy there is a time coming when people will not hear sound doctrine, having itching ears they will lust after false teachers. 4:6 Paul informs Timothy that his deal is at hand. 4:8 Paul tells Timothy there is a crown of righteousness laid up for all who love the appearing of Christ. 4:10 Paul gives Timothy a list of tasks to do before coming to visit Paul in prison. 4:21 Paul confirms with Timothy to come with all speed before winter. 1:6 Paul gives Titus criteria for choosing men for ministry. 1:10 The mouths of vain babblers should be stopped, those evil talkers. 1:12 Paul speaks about the character of those he found on Crete. 1:14 Paul warns Titus to be careful of the Jews who put faith in works and not God. 2:2 Paul sets out the duties of those who work in ministry. 2:6 Exhort young men to behave in the manner Paul describes and show themselves an example of uncorrupt doctrine. 2:11 For the Grace of God which brings salvation to all men has appeared. 2:12 Therefore we are to live godly and upright lives. 3:1 The all those in Christ should be in remembrance that they are subject to authority and be obedient. 3:3 That all remember their former life and remember they are saved by grace. 3:9 Avoid foolish questions, genealogies and contentions over the law. 3:10 Reject those who are a heretic after one or two admonitions.

2nd Timothy Chapter 4
4:1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
4:2 Preach the word Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
4:5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
4:6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
4:8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
4:9 Be diligent to come to me quickly;
4:10 for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica-Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
4:11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.
4:12 And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.
4:13 Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come-and the books, especially the parchments.
4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works.
4:15 You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.
4:16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.
4:17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
4:18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen
4:19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
4:20 Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.
4:21 Do your utmost to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.
4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Titus Chapter 1
1:1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness,
1:2 in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
1:3 but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
1:4 To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
1:5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you
1:6 if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
1:8 but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,
1:9 holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.
1:10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
1:11 whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
1:13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
1:14 not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.
1:15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
1:16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

Titus Chapter 2
2:1 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine:
2:2 that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;
2:3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things
2:4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
2:5 to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
2:6 Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded,
2:7 in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility,
2:8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.
2:9 Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back,
2:10 not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
2:12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
2:13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
2:14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
2:15 Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

Titus Chapter 3
3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
3:2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
3:3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
3:4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,
3:5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
3:6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
3:7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
3:9 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.
3:10 Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition,
3:11 knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.
3:12 When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
3:13 Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey with haste, that they may lack nothing.
3:14 And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
3:15 All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.