Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:

Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.

But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.

But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;