The Lord grant that he may find mercy with the Lord in the great day; and how liberally he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest better than any other person.

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

Meditate on Jesus, the Messiah, who was raised from the dead and is a descendant of David. This is the gospel I tell others.

Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.

They have abandoned the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place, and so they destroy the faith of others.

Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use.

Run away from youthful lusts—pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those [believers] who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

But they will not make much progress, for everyone will perceive their folly, just as they did that of those others.

But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Everything that is written under divine inspiration is helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness;

And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.