I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day

But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,

My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.