clearly recalling your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois, then in your mother Eunice, and that I am convinced is in you also.

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.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

This saying is trustworthy:

For if we have died with Him,
we will also live with Him;

if we endure, we will also reign with Him;
if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver bowls, but also those of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

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.

But they will not make further progress, for their lack of understanding will be clear to all, as theirs was also.