Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help to me in ministry.

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!