¹Therefore you yourself, my child, be strong in the favor that is in the Anointed One Jesus,

²and the things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, such as will be sufficient to teach others also.

³Therefore you yourself share in suffering as a good soldier of the Anointed One Jesus.

⁴No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of this life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.

⁵Now if anyone also shall compete, he is not crowned unless he shall compete lawfully.

⁶The hardworking farmer it is necessary first to partake of the fruits.

⁷Consider the thing I am saying; for the Lord will grant you understanding in all things.

⁸Remember Jesus the Anointed One, raised out from the dead, from the seed of David, according to my good news;

⁹in which I suffer hardship even to chains as an evildoer, but the word of God has not been bound!

¹⁰Because of this I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, so that they themselves also may obtain the salvation that is in the Anointed One Jesus with eternal glory.

¹¹Trustworthy is the saying: for if we have died with Him, we will also live with Him;

¹²if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we will deny Him, He also will deny us;

¹³if we are faithless, He remains faithful; for to deny Himself He is not able.

¹⁴Remind them of these things, solemnly charging them before God not to quarrel about words, to no profitable thing, but to the subversion of those who hear.

¹⁵Hasten to present yourself approved to God, a workman not ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

¹⁶But avoid worldly empty babblings; for they will lead on to more ungodliness,

¹⁷and their talk will have to grow like gangrene pasture; among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

¹⁸who went astray concerning the truth, asserting the resurrection already to have taken place, and they are overthrowing the trust of some.

¹⁹Nevertheless the firm foundation of God has stood, having this seal: the Lord knows those being His, and everyone who is naming the name of the Lord should depart from iniquity.

²⁰Now in a great house there are not only vessels golden and silver but also wooden and earthen, and some indeed unto honor, some however unto dishonor.

²¹Therefore if anyone shall cleanse himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

²²And flee youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, trust, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

²³And refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they breed quarrels;

²⁴now the bond-slave of the Lord, it behooves not to quarrel but to be gentle toward all, able to teach, forbearing,

²⁵in gentleness disciplining those who oppose, otherwise God may give to them change of heart unto a knowledge of the truth,

²⁶and they may recover out of the snare of the accuser, captured by him for his will.