yet I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have confided, and I am persuaded he is able to keep what I have committed to him against that day.

Keep that form of sound doctrine you receiv'd from me, which consists in christian faith and charity:

that valuable depositum do you preserve by the holy spirit, which resides in us.

You know that I have been abandon'd by all the Asiatics, by Phygellus and Hermogenes among the rest.

the Lord grant he may obtain mercy from him in that day, for you know very well what services de did me at Ephesus.

he that enters into the service, disengages himself from civil affairs, that he may be acceptable to his officer.

Remember that Jesus Christ, who is of the posterity of David, is raised from the dead, according to my gospel,

I therefore bear with every thing for the sake of the converts, that they may obtain that salvation, which Jesus Christ has procur'd us, even eternal glory.

it is an undoubted truth, that if we die for him, we shall live with him:

endeavour to approve yourself to God, as an artist that is not afraid of reproach, by rightly explaining the word of truth.

however, the foundation of the divine architect is still immoveable, having this inscription, " the Lord discerns who are his." and, " let every one that invokes the name of the Lord, depart from iniquity."

he that is clear of vice, is a vessel of the first kind, sanctified and fit for the master's use, and qualified for every virtuous action.

Take notice that in the latter days difficult incidents will arise;

my persecutions, and the sufferings that befel me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions did I endure? but the Lord deliver'd me out of them all: yes,

and that from your infancy you were acquainted with the sacred writings, which point you the way to salvation, by believing in Christ Jesus:

that the minister of God may be perfectly accomplished for every office of religion.

for the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but get teachers of their own corrupt taste, to sooth their ears that itch for flattery:

I have nothing more to do, but to receive the crown of virtue reserv'd for me, which the Lord, the just judge, will give me in that day: and not only to me, but to those also, who have long'd for his appearance.

however the Lord assisted and strengthen'd me, that the gospel might be confirm'd by my remonstrance, and all the nations might hear it; so that I was deliver'd out of the mouth of the lion: