You know, of course, that all our friends in Roman Asia turned their backs on me, and among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.

Bring all this to men's remembrances, solemnly charging them in the presence of God not to waste time in wrangling about mere words, a course which is altogether unprofitable and tends only to the ruin of the hearers.

But you have fully known my teaching, my course of life, my purpose, my faithfulness, my long-suffering, my love, my patience,

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.