Be not ashamed, therefore, of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner; but suffer hardship with me for the Gospel, according to the power of God,

Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

But you did closely follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience,

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And, on the morrow, going forth, we came to Caesarea; and, entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him.

And He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

Let no one despise your youth; but become a model for believers, in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Make full proof of

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum, I have fully dispensed the Gospel of Christ;

of which I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."

General references

Watch, therefore, because ye know not the day, nor the hour!