All Scripture is divinely inspired, and useful in teaching, in reproof, in correcting faults, and in training in uprightness,

Do your best to win God's approval as a workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, but rightly shapes the message of truth.

Understand this, that in the last days there are going to be hard times.

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

to my dear child Timothy; God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord bless you and be merciful to you and give you peace.

For the Spirit God has given us is a spirit not of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline.

As your example in wholesome instruction, keep before you what you learned from me, in the faith and love that come through union with Christ Jesus.

I charge you in the sight of 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 instruction, but will overwhelm themselves with teachers to suit their whims and tickle their fancies,

preach the message; be at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people, with perfect patience and willingness to teach.

The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be capable of teaching others.

This is why I am suffering as I am, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have intrusted to him for that Day.

When I remember the tears you shed I long night and day to see you again, and have the perfect happiness

But you must stand by what you have learned and been convinced of, and remember from whom you learned it,

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

Fly from the cravings of youth, and go in pursuit of uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.

I have had a part in the great contest, I have run my race, I have preserved my faith.

They are the kind of men who make their way into people's houses and make captives of poor, weak women, loaded down with their sins and under the control of all sorts of impulses,

always ready to learn but never able to comprehend the truth.

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

So you, my son, must find strength in the blessing that comes through Christ Jesus.

For this reason I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift that you received when I laid my hands upon you.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these people in turn oppose the truth; they are men of depraved minds and counterfeit faith.

My life is already being poured out, and the time has come for my departure.

Yet God's solid foundation stands unshaken, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who uses the name of the Lord must give up evil."

So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.

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

But you must always be composed; do not shrink from hardship; do your work as a missionary, and your whole duty as a minister.

of which I have been appointed a herald, apostle and teacher.

Share my hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

But you have closely followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often cheered me and was not ashamed of my being in prison.

The Lord grant that he may be shown mercy by the Lord on that Day! And you know well enough how he helped me at Ephesus.

my persecutions, my sufferings??he things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the persecutions I endured; yet the Lord brought me safely out of them all.

You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Why, when he arrived in Rome, he took pains to inquire for me and found me.

Do your best to come to me soon,

No one who competes in the games is awarded a crown unless he obeys the rules.

unfeeling, irreconcilable, slanderous, with no self-control, brutal, with no love for what is good,

When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and the books, especially the parchments.

The farmer who does the work ought to be the first to have some of the produce.

Remember me to Prisca and Aquila, and to the members of the household of Onesiphorus.

Think over what I say. For the Lord will help you to understand it perfectly.

and I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus.

Alexander, the metal-worker, did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he did.

At my first appearance in court no one came to help me; everybody deserted me. May no one lay it up against them!

Leave worldly, empty phrases alone, for they lead people deeper and deeper into godlessness,

for the sake of which I even suffer imprisonment as a criminal. But God's message is not imprisoned!

The Lord will rescue me from any harm and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

But the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, so that I might make a full presentation of the message and let all the heathen hear it. So I was saved from the jaws of the lion.

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

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus in fulfilment of the promise of that life which is found in union with Christ Jesus,

Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also.

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

and they will turn from listening to the truth and wander off after fictions.

The Lord be with your spirit. God bless you all.

keeping up the forms of religion, but resisting its influence. Avoid such people.

So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be put to great uses, consecrated and used by the master of the house himself, and ready for any good use.

Remember Jesus Christ as risen from the dead, and descended from David, as I preach the good news,

and bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves.

In any large house there are not only gold and silver dishes but also wooden and earthen ones, some for great occasions and some for ordinary use.

I thank God, whom I, like my forefathers, worship with a clear conscience, when I remember you, as I constantly do, in my prayers.

which has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has taken away the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the good news,

correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth,

Remind men of these things. Charge them before God to avoid idle arguments which do no one any good and only bring destruction on those who listen to them.

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

People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,

How true those words are! "If we have died with him, we will live with him!

and their teaching spreads like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,

If we endure, we will reign with him! If we disown him, he will also disown us!

and they may yet return to their senses and escape from the toils of the devil, who has caught them to make them do his will.

Guard that splendid trust through the holy Spirit that lives in our hearts.

who have missed the truth and say that the resurrection has taken place already, thus undermining people's faith.

If we are unfaithful, he will remain faithful, for he cannot be false to himself!"

No one but Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is of great assistance to me,

for Demas has deserted me for love of the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

treacherous, reckless, conceited, caring more for pleasure than for God,

Avoid foolish, crude speculations; you know they only lead to quarrels,

so that the man of God will be adequate, and equipped for any good work.

Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him.

For that reason I am ready to submit to anything for the sake of those whom God has chosen, so that they too may gain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and brings eternal glory.