For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

(the Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:

if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:

and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works: