This charge then, I am laying upon you, Timothy, my son, according to the predictions formerly made concerning you. Fight the good fight in the spirit of these predictions,

Never neglect the gift within you, which was given in fulfilment of prophecy at the time of the laying on of hands by the elders.

laying up right good treasure for themselves in the world to come, in order that they may obtain the Life which is life indeed.

as laid down in the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been entrusted to me.

As you lay all these things before the brothers, you will be a noble minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing yourself in the precepts of the faith and that noble teaching which you have followed.