Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God in the service of the Life he has promised in Christ Jesus ??2 to his beloved son Timotheus: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

for God has not given us a timid spirit but a spirit of power and love and discipline.

who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration ??not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

and has now revealed in the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has put down death and brought life and immortality to light by the gospel.

The farmer who has done the work must have the first share of the fruit.

they have failed in the Truth by arguing that the resurrection has taken place already, and they are undermining some people's faith.

The last drops of my own sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come.

for Demas, in his love for this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is off to Gaul, Titus to Dalmatia,

Alexander the blacksmith has done me a lot of harm: the Lord will pay him back for what he has done (beware of him),

for he has been bitterly hostile to anything I have said.