every Writing is God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that is in righteousness,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise -- to salvation, through faith that is in Christ Jesus;

to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord!

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that is in Christ Jesus;

I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign --

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard -- to that day.

desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,

And thou -- be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn,

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith;

for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, 'The Lord hath known those who are His,' and 'Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

but they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also did become.

And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

to which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

And thou -- thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance,

may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed,

may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.

the persecutions, the afflictions, that befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me,

thou hast known this, that they did turn from me -- all those in Asia, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes;

but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found;

Be diligent to come unto me quickly,

and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books -- especially the parchments.

the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

Salute Prisca and Aquilas, and Onesiphorus' household;

be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.

and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,

in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save me -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom is the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;

and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

The Lord Jesus Christ is with thy spirit; the grace is with you! Amen.

having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:

I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day,

and was made manifest now through the manifestation of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who indeed did abolish death, and did enlighten life and immortality through the good news,

in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

These things remind them of, testifying fully before the Lord -- not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

Stedfast is the word: For if we died together -- we also shall live together;

and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;

and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.

the good thing committed guard thou through the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us;

who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

that the man of God may be fitted -- for every good work having been completed.

no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that is in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.