The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

by Michael D. Coogan

broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. 15He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances,

of your sincere faith, a faith

that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.

remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; 7for God did not...

not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace.

I have entrusted to him.b 13Hold to

the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14Guard the good treasure entrusted to you,

Praise the Lord

Share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

entangled in everyday affairs; the

the Lord will give you understanding in all things.

Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel, 9for

If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 12if we endure, we will also reign with him;

if we deny him, he will also deny us; 13if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself. 14Remind them of this, and

avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. 15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of

truth.

Avoid profane chatter, for it will lead people into more a...

their talk will spread like gan...

“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”

In a large house there are utensils not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for special use, some for ordinary. 21

ready for every good work. 22Shun

youthful

pas...

pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lo...

the Lord's servantc must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, patient, 25

correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth, 26and that they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.d

holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power.

from all of them. 12Indeed,

all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, 15and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16All

who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. 4 In the presence of God

proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. 3For the time is coming

Nb

they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, 4and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths. 5

am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. 7I

have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8From now on there is

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Let us then go to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.

maintained that Revelation could be considered orthodox only if read allegorically.

his adoption of a literary genre that was familiar in late Second Temple Judaism, combine to suggest that the John of Revelation may have been a Jewish Christian who fled to the Diaspora as a consequence of the First Jewish Revolt against the Romans

resist “with patient endurance” (2.2,19; 3.10) and at any cost the

overwhelming pressures to accommodation and compromise with the dominant culture.

See, I am making all things new.” Also he said,

To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.

Wonderful

Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift. 18

spurious

Valentinus and other Gnostics—who taught an esoteric form

Scholars disagree over whether early Christian use of codices reflects the moderate socioeconomic status of most Christians, or makes a statement about their contents.

Gospel collections were viewed as representative of the oral teaching of the apostles, not as formal literary compositions. The

Use of readings from the Gospels along with the prophets in Christian worship indicates that the Gospels came to enjoy equal authority with the Torah and the prophets by the mid-second century (see

Codices containing the Old Testament and later the entire Christian scripture were produced from the fourth century ce on.

Some Christians turned over apocryphal

imperial officials charged with destroying “sacred books” during the Diocletian persecution