For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.

and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor.

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.

and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.