So, do not be ashamed to testify for our Lord, or ashamed of [being associated with] me, His prisoner, but [be willing to] suffer hardship with me for the sake of the Gospel, relying on God's power [to sustain you].

So, I endure everything for the elect's sake [i.e., God's people], so that they can obtain the salvation which comes through Christ Jesus, with [its] never ending splendor.

[These people] maintain an appearance of being godly, but they have denied its power; [you should] turn away from such people.

Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.