and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord’s message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you,

I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.

If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

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

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people – who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith – also oppose the truth.

For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.

not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”

But to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.