for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard -- to that day.

may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed,

but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found;

may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.

no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;

if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;