Think about what I am saying and the Lord will give you understanding of all this.

This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will also live with him.

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.

Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day – and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.

For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.

that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.

For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand.

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.

However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”

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

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!

and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.

correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

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

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

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!

The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever! Amen.