To Timothy, my dear Child, from Paul who, by the will of God, is an Apostle of Christ Jesus, charged to proclaim the Life that comes from union with Christ Jesus. May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord, bless you, and be merciful to you, and give you peace.

Share hardships with me, as a true soldier of Christ Jesus.

How true this saying is-- 'If we have shared his death, we shall also share his life.

Do your utmost to show yourself true to God, a workman with no reason to be ashamed, accurate in delivering the Message of the Truth.

You, however, must stand by what you learnt and accepted as true. You know who they were from whom you learnt it;