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|This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

|This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

|The fact that Jesus Christ came into the universe to save sinners is an undeniable truth worthy of universal acceptation, and I am the worst sinner.

|It is an undeniable truth worthy of universal acceptation that Jesus Christ came into the universe to save sinners- and I am the worst of them.

|'kosmos' refers not only to Earth, but to the whole universe

|'kosmos' refers not only to the Earth, but to the whole universe.

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|Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

|Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

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|It is for this very reason that I received Mercy, as an example of the infinite patience of Jesus-Christ for those who will come to believe in him.

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|'makrothumian' is patience

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|Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

|Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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|To the King eternal, incorruptible, invisible, wise, the unique God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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|'aphthartO' is incorruptible, which has connotation lacking in 'immortal'. 'the only wise God' does not reflect the Greek construction and wrongfully gives the impression that there may be more than one God.

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|This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest wage a good warfare;

|This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest wage a good warfare;

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|This is your duty, son Timothy, as foretold in the prophecies concerning you, that you have to follow to wage an ideal war.

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|the 'war' is conspicuously absent from the NKJV

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|Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

|Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

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|You have to keep your faith and a good conscience. Some lost faith and that ended in disaster,

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|Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.  

|Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.  

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|for example Hymaneaus and Alexander, that I gave up to Satan as a punishment for their blasphemy.

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|'paideuthOsin' is 'to be disciplined' and is in essence a punishment.

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