I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.

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

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion's mouth!