For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you

Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands.

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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!

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.