Hence I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift which you received when my hands were laid upon you;

for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)

For these guides of theirs are hostile to the Truth, just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to Moses; they are depraved in mind and useless for all purposes of faith.

but hold you to what you have been taught, hold to your convictions, remember who your teachers were,