I [also] remember the sincere faith you have in your heart, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am convinced, lives in you [too].

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often took care of me and was not ashamed that I was a prisoner.

Nay, when he was here in Rome, he took great pains to inquire where I was living, and at last he found me.

(The Lord grant that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day!) And how much he ministered to me at Ephesus too, thou knowest full well.

The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be competent to teach others too.

For this reason I [am ready to] patiently endure all things for the sake of those who are the elect (God’s chosen ones), so that they too may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it the reward of eternal glory.

This message is to be trusted: "If we indeed have died with Him, we will live with Him too.

If we continue to endure, we shall also share his throne. If we should ever disown him, he, too, will disown us.

But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

When you come, bring the coat which I left with Carpus at Troas; bring the books, too, especially the parchments.

You, too, must watch out for him, for he violently opposed our message.

At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.