to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Parallel translations
- KJV To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- BSB To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- NKJV To Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- NASB To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- NLT I am writing to Timothy, my dear son. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 2 Tim 2:1You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Tim 1:2to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Acts 16:1He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.
- Rom 12:19Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Phil 4:1Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
- Rom 1:7to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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