That teaching is found in the gospel that was entrusted to me to announce, the Good News from the glorious and blessed God.

I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength for my work. I thank him for considering me worthy and appointing me to serve him,

Do not neglect the spiritual gift that is in you, which was given to you when the prophets spoke and the elders laid their hands on you.

Before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who firmly professed his faith before Pontius Pilate, I command you

to obey your orders and keep them faithfully until the Day when our Lord Jesus Christ will appear.

Timothy, keep safe what has been entrusted to your care. Avoid the profane talk and foolish arguments of what some people wrongly call "Knowledge."

Take the teachings that you heard me proclaim in the presence of many witnesses, and entrust them to reliable people, who will be able to teach others also.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and because he is coming to rule as King, I solemnly urge you

The time will come when people will not listen to sound doctrine, but will follow their own desires and will collect for themselves more and more teachers who will tell them what they are itching to hear.

To Timothy, my true son in the faith: May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.

And you yourselves know how he has proved his worth, how he and I, like a son and his father, have worked together for the sake of the gospel.

To Timothy, my dear son: May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.

As for you, my son, be strong through the grace that is ours in union with Christ Jesus.

I write to Titus, my true son in the faith that we have in common. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace.

So I make a request to you on behalf of Onesimus, who is my own son in Christ; for while in prison I have become his spiritual father.

Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks,

Run your best in the race of faith, and win eternal life for yourself; for it was to this life that God called you when you firmly professed your faith before many witnesses.

It is true that we live in the world, but we do not fight from worldly motives.

The weapons we use in our fight are not the world's weapons but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments;

For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.

So stand ready, with truth as a belt tight around your waist, with righteousness as your breastplate,

At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One.

Do all this in prayer, asking for God's help. Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads. For this reason keep alert and never give up; pray always for all God's people.

Take your part in suffering, as a loyal soldier of Christ Jesus.

An athlete who runs in a race cannot win the prize unless he obeys the rules.

I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have kept the faith.