All Scripture is inspired by God, and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in doing what is right,

Do your best to present yourself to God an approved workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, who properly presents the message of truth.

Now you must know that in the last days there are going to be hard times.

and that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures which can give you wisdom that leads to salvation through the faith that leans on Christ Jesus.

to my dearly loved child, Timothy: spiritual blessing, mercy, and peace be with you from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the Spirit that God has given us does not impart timidity but power and love and self-control.

Continue to be an example in wholesome instructions which you learned from me, in the faith and love that come through union with Christ Jesus.

I solemnly charge you, before God and Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom,

For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but to gratify their own evil desires will surround themselves with teachers who teach to gratify their own evil desires, because their ears are itching so to be tickled,

preach the message, stay at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people with perfect patience as a teacher.

The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be competent to teach others too.

This is why I am suffering so, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am absolutely sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

to see you again, that I may feel the fullest joy

But you, on your part, must continue to abide by what you have learned and been led to rely upon, because you know from whom you learned it

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago,

You must keep on fleeing from the evil impulses of youth, but ever strive for uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in association with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.

I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith.

For some of them practice going into people's houses and capturing weak and silly women who are overwhelmed with the weight of their sins, who are easily led about by all sorts of evil impulses,

who are always trying to learn but never able to come to a full knowledge of the truth.

Yes, indeed, everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

So you, my son, must keep renewing your strength in the spiritual blessing that comes through union with Christ Jesus.

For this reason I now remind you to rekindle and keep burning the fire of the divine gift which came upon you when I laid my hands upon you.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, these people resist the truth, for they are depraved in mind and so counterfeits in the faith.

My life, indeed, is already ebbing out, and the time has come for me to sail away.

But God's foundation stands unshaken, with these inscriptions: "The Lord knows the people who belong to Him" and "Everyone who bears the name of the Lord must abstain from evil."

So you must never be ashamed of me His prisoner, but suffer for the good news in fellowship with me and by the power of God.

But they will not make any more progress, for their folly will be evident to everybody, as theirs was.

But you, on your part, must always keep your head cool, suffer hardship, do your work as a herald of the good news, and so fill your ministry to the brim.

Of this good news I have been appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Take your share of hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

But you, on your part, have faithfully followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often cheered me and was not ashamed of the chains I wore.

The Lord grant that he may find mercy at His hands on that day. And you very well know yourself how great were the services he rendered me at Ephesus.

my persecutions, my sufferings, such as befell me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, such as I endured but the Lord delivered me out of them all.

You know that everyone here who belongs to the Roman province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Yes, when he got to Rome he took pains to look me up and finally found me.

Do your best to come to me soon,

No contestant in the games is crowned, unless he competes according to the rules.

lacking in love for kinsmen, irreconcilable, slanderers, having no self-control, savage, lacking in love for the good,

When you come, bring the coat which I left with Carpus at Troas; bring the books, too, especially the parchments.

The toiling farmer ought to be the first to share the crop.

Remember me to Prisca and Aquila, and to the family of Onesiphorus.

Keep on thinking about what I am saying, for the Lord will grant you understanding of it in all its phases.

and I have sent Tychicus off to Ephesus.

Alexander, a worker in metal, did me ever so much harm. The Lord will repay him for what he did.

When I first defended myself at court, nobody came to help me, but everybody deserted me. May it never be charged to their account.

Continue shunning worldly, futile phrases, for they lead on to greater depths of godlessness,

for the sake of which I am suffering hardships even to the extent of wearing chains as though I were a criminal. But God's message is not in chains.

The Lord will rescue me from every wicked work and save me to His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the message preached by me might have its full effect and all the heathen might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

You too must be on your guard against him, for he has vigorously opposed my teaching.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in accordance with the promise of the life that comes through union with Christ Jesus,

Now the crown for doing right awaits me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved His appearing.

on being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that first found a home in the heart of your grandmother Lois, then in the heart of your mother Eunice, and now in yours too, I am sure.

Erastus stayed in Corinth; I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

and they will cease to listen to the truth and will turn to listen to myths.

The Lord be with your spirit. Spiritual blessing be with you all.

keeping up the forms of religion but not giving expression to its power. Avoid such people.

So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be an instrument for honorable uses, consecrated, useful for the Master, and ready for any good service.

Continue to remember Jesus Christ as risen from the dead, and descended from David, in accordance with the good news that I preach,

But bad men and imposters will go on from bad to worse, misleading others and misled themselves.

In any great house there are not only gold and silver articles but also wooden utensils, some for honorable uses and some for lowly uses.

I thank God, whom I worship, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as I ceaselessly remember you in my prayers. Because I remember the tears you shed for me, I am always longing night and day

but has only recently been made known through the appearance of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who through the good news has put a stop to the power of death, and brought life and immortality to light.

With gentleness he must correct his opponents, for God might grant them repentance that would lead them to a full knowledge of the truth,

Keep on reminding men of these things. Solemnly charge them before God to stop petty debating, which does no good at all but brings destruction on those who hear it.

Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus wishes to be remembered to you, and so do Prudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

For people will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

This message is to be trusted: "If we indeed have died with Him, we will live with Him too.

and their message will spread like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,

"If we patiently endure, we will reign with Him too. If we disown Him, He will disown us too.

and they might recover their senses and escape from the devil's trap in which they have been caught by him to do his will.

Guard this fine deposit of truth by the aid of the Holy Spirit who has His home in our hearts.

who have missed the truth by saying that the resurrection has already taken place, are undermining some people's faith.

If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot prove false to Himself."

Luke is the only one who is now with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is of great service to me,

for Demas has forsaken me because he loved the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia;

treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure more than God,

Always avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, for you know that they breed quarrels,

so that the man of God may be perfectly fit, thoroughly equipped for every good enterprise.

No soldier ever allows himself to be involved in the business affairs of life, so that he may please the officer who enlisted him.

For this reason I am bearing anything for the sake of His chosen people, so that they too may obtain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.