This you know: All those in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:

The Lord knows those who are His, and
Everyone who names the name of the Lord
must turn away from unrighteousness.

Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver bowls, but also those of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,

In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

There is reserved for me in the future the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appearing.