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For your sons have been taken captive,
And your daughters captive.
“Yet I will bring back the captives of 4:2 the word. The entire written Word of God,
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Moab His complete revealed truth as contained in
In the latter days,” says the LORD. the Bible (3:15,16; Acts 20:27). Be ready. The
Thus far is the judgment of Moab. Greek word has a broad range of meanings,
including suddenness or forcefulness.Here the
Psalm 119:113–120 form of the verb suggests the complementary
ideas of urgency, preparedness, and readiness.
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It was used of a soldier prepared to go into bat-
I hate the double-minded, tle or a guard who was continually alert for any
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But I love Your law. surprise attack—attitudes which are impera-
You are my hiding place and my shield; tive for a faithful preacher. in season and out
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I hope in Your word. of season. The faithful preacher must pro-
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, claim the Word when it is popular and/or con-
For I will keep the commandments of venient and when it is not; when it seems
my God! suitable to do so and when it seems not.The
Uphold me according to Your word,
116 dictates of popular culture, tradition, reputa-
that I may live; tion, acceptance, or esteem in the community
And do not let me be ashamed of my (or in the church) must never alter the true
hope. preacher’s commitment to proclaim God’s
117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe, Word. Convince, rebuke. The negative side of
And I shall observe Your statutes preaching the Word (the “reproof”and “correc-
tion”; 3:16). The Greek word for “convince”
continually. refers to correcting behavior or false doctrine
You reject all those who stray from by using careful biblical argument to help a
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Your statutes, person understand the error of his actions.The
For their deceit is falsehood. Greek word for “rebuke” deals more with cor-
You put away all the wicked of the recting the person’s motives by convicting him
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earth like dross; of his sin and leading him to repentance.
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of You,
And I am afraid of Your judgments.
there is laid up for me the crown of righteous-
Proverbs 28:5 ness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will
give to me on that Day, and not to me only but
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Evil men do not understand justice,
also to all who have loved His appearing.
But those who seek the LORD
9 Be diligent to come to me quickly; for
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understand all.
Demas has forsaken me, having loved this
2 Timothy 4:1–22 present world, and has departed for
I charge you therefore before God and the Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for
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4 Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the liv- Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark
ing and the dead at His appearing and His and bring him with you, for he is useful to me
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kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in sea- for ministry. And Tychicus I have sent to
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son and out of season. Convince, rebuke, ex- Ephesus. Bring the cloak that I left with
hort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For Carpus at Troas when you come—and the
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the time will come when they will not endure books, especially the parchments.
sound doctrine, but according to their own 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much
desires, because they have itching ears, they harm. May the Lord repay him according to
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will heap up for themselves teachers; and they his works. You also must beware of him, for
will turn their ears away from the truth, and be he has greatly resisted our words.
turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in 16 At my first defense no one stood with me,
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all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an but all forsook me. May it not be charged
evangelist, fulfill your ministry. against them.
6 For I am already being poured out as a 17 But the Lord stood with me and strength-
drink offering, and the time of my departure is ened me, so that the message might be
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at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have preached fully through me, and that all the
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finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out
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