for which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed: for I know in whom I have trusted, and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him against that day.

and their discourse will eat like a gangrene. Of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus; who have erred from the truth,

and they may awake out of the snare of the devil, who have been captivated by him to his will.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished my race, I have kept the faith.

As to what remains, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day: and not to me only, but also to all those who have longed for his appearance.

And I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus.