The Lord grant that he may find mercy with the Lord in the great day; and how liberally he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest better than any other person.

The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be competent to teach others too.

Meditate on Jesus, the Messiah, who was raised from the dead and is a descendant of David. This is the gospel I tell others.

Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.

they have deserted the faith themselves, and debauch'd the faith of others, by maintaining, "the resurrection is already past."

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.

Run away from youthful lusts—pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those [believers] who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

But they will not make much progress, for everyone will perceive their folly, just as they did that of those others.

But bad men and imposters will go on from bad to worse, misleading others and misled themselves.

Everything that is written under divine inspiration is helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness;

And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.