but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

But they shall proceed no further. For their folly shall be evident unto all men, as theirs also came to be.

At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.