I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.

He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

This has now been made evident
through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus,
who has abolished death
and has brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, that good thing entrusted to you.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.

And their word will spread like gangrene; Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them.

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.

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,

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith.

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,

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of His appearing and His kingdom:

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.