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.

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

Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.

Here is a trustworthy saying: if we died with him, we will also live with him;

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

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.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.

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.