I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Therefore you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner. But be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God,

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times.

For this cause I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard My deposit unto that Day.

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain.

And also if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.

in which I suffer ill as an evildoer, even to bonds. But the Word of God is not chained.

If we do not believe Him, yet He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.

Put them in memory of these things, charging them before the Lord not to dispute about words to no profit, to the subverting of the hearers.

Study earnestly to present yourself approved to God, a workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.

But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but to be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient,

For a time will be when they will not endure sound doctrine, but they will heap up teachers to themselves according to their own lusts, tickling the ear.

Now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day; and not to me only, but also to all those who love His appearing.

At my first answer no one was beside me, but all deserted me. May it not be laid to their charge.