A reading from the second Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy

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Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of 

David, as preached in my gospel,  for which I am suffering, 

bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not 

bound!  Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect,

that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with 

eternal glory.  The saying is trustworthy, for:

 

If we have died with him, we will also live with him;

If we endure, we will also reign with him;

If we deny him, he also will deny us;

If we are faithless, he remains faithful—

 

for he cannot deny himself.