Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by order of God our Savior and of Jesus Christ our hope,

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

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me the strength for it, for thinking me trustworthy and putting me into his service,

and the blessing of our Lord has been given me in the greatest abundance, together with faith and love that union with Christ Jesus brings.

It is a trustworthy saying, entitled to the fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of them,

but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life.

For there is but one God, and one intermediary between God and men??he man Christ Jesus,

For those who do good service as assistants gain a good standing for themselves and great confidence in their faith in Christ Jesus.

If you point this out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, living on the principles of the faith and the excellent teaching you have had.

I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels to observe these rules without any discrimination, and to be perfectly impartial.

Anyone who teaches different views and does not agree with the wholesome instruction which comes from our Lord Jesus Christ, and with religious teaching

Before God who maintains all life, and before Christ Jesus who in testifying before Pontius Pilate made his great profession, I charge you

to keep his command stainless and irreproachable until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,