Night and day when I recall your tears I am longing to see you, that my happiness may be complete.

I have been reminded of that sincere faith which is in your heart; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully persuaded, dwells in you also.

For this reason let me remind you to keep ever blazing that gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.

But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have fully believed, and I am thoroughly persuaded that he is able to keep what I have given him until the Day.

You already know that all the Christians in Roman Asia forsook me, among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.

The Lord grant him to find mercy form the Lord in that Day! And you know better than I how many services he rendered in Ephesus.

A soldier in active service avoids entangling himself in the every-day affairs of life, so that he may please his commander.

Always remember that Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, has been raised from the dead according to the gospel I proclaim.

But God's message is no prisoner. That is why I endure everything for the sake of the chosen, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Among such are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have gone astray concerning the truth by declaring that the resurrection is already past; and they are undermining the faith of some.

Ever shun foolish and puerile discussions, for you know that they lead to quarrels.

As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these men withstand the truth; being corrupt in mind and worthless in all that concerns the faith.

But they will not get on; for their folly will be made as openly manifest to all as was that of Jannes and Jambres.

Every Scripture, seeing that it is God-breathed, is also profitable for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

so that the man of God may himself be complete, and completely equipped for every good work.

Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

Nevertheless the Lord Jesus stood by me, and strengthened my heart, that through me full proclamation of the gospel might be made, and the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the lion's jaws.