For this reason I also suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Dayand you know very well all the service he rendered at Ephesus.

No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

Here is a trustworthy saying: if we died with him, we will also live with him;

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in my ministry.

Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him for his deeds.

Be on guard against him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.