I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

For this, I was appointed as a proclaimer, an apostle, and a teacher.

You therefore must share in hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word is not chained.

Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.