I thank God, whom I, like my forefathers, worship with a clear conscience, when I remember you, as I constantly do, in my prayers.

So do not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, and do not be ashamed of a prisoner of the Lord like me; join me in bearing suffering for the gospel by the power of the God

The Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and showed me kindness [comforting and reviving me like fresh air] and he was not ashamed of my chains [for Christ’s sake];

Take your share of hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

and their message will spread like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,

If, then, a man has escaped from the pollution of such errors as I have mentioned, he will be like a thing kept for better use, set apart, serviceable to its owner, ready for any good purpose.

They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

Moreover, like as, Jannes and Jambres, withstood Moses, so, these men also, withstand the truth, - men utterly corrupted in their mind, disapproved concerning their faith;

But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.

and those who will live like Christians, shall generally suffer persecution.

For I am already being "poured out like a drink offering," and the time for me to leave has come. [Note: Paul here likens the prospect of shedding his blood for the work of Christ to the pouring of wine and oil on an Old Testament sacrifice].