for which cause I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep my trust to that day.

and what you heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to teach others also.

Call to mind these things, charging [men] before the Lord not to debate about words, to no profit, to the subversion of the hearers.

if therefore any one purifies himself from these [errors], he shall be a vessel for honor, sanctified, of good use to the master, prepared for every good work.

having a form of piety but denying its power; and these avoid.

Of these are those who go into the houses and take captive foolish women loaded with sins, and led by various desires,

As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, men of no judgment, reprobate in respect to the faith.