For I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you as well.

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

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power and love and self-discipline.

So do not be ashamed to testify of our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God,

For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

For this reason I also suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;

but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me

Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

for which I am suffering even to the point of wearing chains like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

Avoid godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

In a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware, and some for noble use, some for ignoble.

If anyone cleanses himself from what is ignoble, he will be a vessel for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

For among them are those who make their way into households and capture weak women, weighed down with sins and swayed by various impulses,

But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, knowing from whom you learned it,

and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness;

so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires,

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

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.

for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in my ministry.

Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him for his deeds.

Be on guard against him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.