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1From Small Man (Paul) , a message bearer for Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. The Great Spirit chose me to be a message bearer in harmony with the life he has promised through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) our Honored Chief.
2To He Gives Honor (Timothy) , my much-loved spiritual son. I greet you with the gift of Creator’s great kindness, mercy, and peace that comes from our Father the Great Spirit and from Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, our Honored Chief.
3When I send my voice to the Great Spirit, I speak your name before him as I give thanks to him night and day. I serve Creator with a pure heart, doing what I know deep inside to be good and right, just as my ancestors did.
4Oh how I long to see you! I look back on your tears, which makes me want to see you again so that my heart will dance for joy.
5I remember how deep your faith truly is. That faith was alive first in your grandmother Woman Who Walks with Kindness (Lois) , then in your mother Woman Who Wins (Eunice) . I know that this same faith lives in you as well.
6This is why I now remind you to fan into flame the gift Creator gave you when I laid my hands on you as you were set in place as a spiritual leader .
7Creator has not given us a timid spirit but one of power, love, and clear thinking.
8So do not be timid in telling others about our Honored Chief or that I am in prison because of him. But walk with me on this road of suffering for the sake of the good story as Creator gives us strength.[#1:8 Lit. be ashamed]
9For he is the one who has made us whole and called us to walk a sacred path. He did not choose us because of any good thing we have done. He chose us in harmony with his own purpose and by the gift of his great kindness. This gift was given to us through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One before time began.
10But now that the Chosen One has appeared, his purpose has been made clear. For he has defeated death and has, through the good story, brought into the light the kind of life that will never again taste death.
11He chose me to be a message bearer and a wisdomkeeper so I could make this good story known to all.
12This is the reason I walk a path of hardship and suffering. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust. I am sure that he will watch over me as I walk this sacred path toward that day.
13Hold true to the words of good medicine you have heard from me, for they came from the trust and love found in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.
14Watch over these sacred truths by the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
15As you know, almost everyone in Land of the Rising Sun (Asia) turned away from me, along with Man Who Runs Away (Phygelus) and Born with Good Luck (Hermogenes) .
16May our Honored Chief show kindness to the family of Bringer of Good Things (Onesiphorus) , for he was like a drink of cool water to me and was never ashamed to visit me in prison.
17When he was in Village of Iron (Rome) , he searched hard until he found me.
18I pray that our Honored Chief will show kindness to him when that day comes. For you know very well the many ways he helped me at Village of Desire (Ephesus) .