however the Lord assisted and strengthen'd me, that the gospel might be confirm'd by my remonstrance, and all the nations might hear it; so that I was deliver'd out of the mouth of the lion:

the Lord be favourable to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often reliev'd me, and was not asham'd of my chains:

but they will be stop'd in their career; for they shall be expos'd to the world for impostors, as those magicians were.

I have nothing more to do, but to receive the crown of virtue reserv'd for me, which the Lord, the just judge, will give me in that day: and not only to me, but to those also, who have long'd for his appearance.

especially when I reflect upon the sincerity of your faith, and the attachment your grand-mother Lois first show'd, and then your mother Eunice, examples which I am persuaded you will follow.

be not therefore asham'd of the testimony of the Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner upon his account. but share with me in the afflictions, which attend the gospel, supported as you are by the power of God,

has now been display'd by the coming of Jesus Christ our saviour, who has defeated the power of death, by bringing a life of immortality to light thro' the gospel.

For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.

Keep that form of sound doctrine you receiv'd from me, which consists in christian faith and charity:

You know that I have been abandon'd by all the Asiatics, by Phygellus and Hermogenes among the rest.

As for you, my son, strenuously acquit yourself of the charge you have receiv'd from Christ Jesus.

a combatant does not receive the crown, unless he has observ'd the laws of the games.

for which I suffer even the chains of a malefactor: but the word of God is not so confin'd.

I therefore bear with every thing for the sake of the converts, that they may obtain that salvation, which Jesus Christ has procur'd us, even eternal glory.

they have deserted the faith themselves, and debauch'd the faith of others, by maintaining, "the resurrection is already past."

a christian must not be litigious, but easy to all men, qualify'd to instruct,

my persecutions, and the sufferings that befel me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions did I endure? but the Lord deliver'd me out of them all: yes,

But be you attach'd to the doctrine you have learnt, with which you are intrusted, considering by whom you have been instructed:

as for me, my blood will soon be pour'd out, and the time of my departure draws nigh:

I have struggled in a glorious cause: I have finish'd my career: I have stood to the faith:

for Damas, out of love to this world has abandon'd me, and is gone to Thessalonica: Crescens, to Galatia: and Titus, to Dalmatia.