13 (A)To make your hearts stable and unblameable in holiness before God even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his Saints.

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13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless(A) and holy in the presence of our God and Father(B) when our Lord Jesus comes(C) with all his holy ones.(D)

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[a]And if any man also strive for a mastery, he is not crowned, except he strive as he ought to do.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:5 The third admonition: The ministry is like to a game or justing, wherein men strive for the victory, and no man is crowned unless he strive according to the laws which are prescribed, be they never so hard and painful.

Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown(A) except by competing according to the rules.

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