2 Timothy 2 So you, my son, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ So you, my son, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. ² Also, the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also. ³ You therefore are to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of civilian life; he wants to please the one who enlisted him. ⁵ Further, if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules ⁶ —the hardworking farmer should be the first to receive of the fruits. ⁷ Ponder what I am saying; may the Lord indeed give you understanding in it all. ⁸ Keep thinking of Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of David’s seed; this is my gospel, ⁹ for which I am suffering to the point of being in chains like a criminal, but the Word of God is not chained. ¹⁰ This is why I endure it all: for the sake of the chosen ones, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. ¹¹ This is a trustworthy word: If, indeed, we died together, we will also live together; ¹² if we endure, we will also reign together; if we deny, He will also deny us; ¹³ if we are faithless, He remains faithful—He is incapable of denying Himself. ¹⁴ Keep reiterating these things, exhorting them before the Lord not to argue about words to no useful purpose —it just ruins the hearers. ¹⁵ Make every effort to render yourself approved by God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, handling the Word of the Truth correctly. ¹⁶ But shun godless, empty chatter, because those who do it will become increasingly godless, ¹⁷ and their word will spread like gangrene—among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸ who have wandered away from the Truth, saying that the resurrection has already occurred; and they overturn the faith of some. ¹⁹ Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His” and “Let everyone who claims the name of the Lord keep away from unrighteousness.” ²⁰ Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some, to be sure, are for honor, but some are for dishonor. ²¹ So if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. ²² Flee the lusts of youth; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ²³ Refuse foolish and ignorant arguments, knowing that they breed quarrels. ²⁴ Now a slave of the Lord should not quarrel but be gentle towards all, skillful at teaching, forbearing, ²⁵ correcting courteously those who oppose him, in hopes that God may grant them repentance leading to a real knowledge of Truth ²⁶ and that they may retrieve their senses out of the devil’s snare (having been taken captive by him to do his will).