(3)I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; (4)longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; (5)calling to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that it dwells in thee also. (6)For which cause I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the laying on of my hands. (7)For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of chastisement. (8)Be not then ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship with me for the gospel, according to the power of God; (9)who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and the grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages, (10)but now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ; who abolished death, and brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel; (11)for which I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. (12)For which cause I suffer also these things. But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him, unto that day. (13)Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou heardest from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (14)The good thing committed to thee keep, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. (15)Thou knowest this, that all those in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. (16)The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; because he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; (17)but when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. (18)The Lord grant to him, that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day! And in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. II. THOU therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (2)And the things that thou heardest from me by many witnesses[2:2], the same commit thou to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. (3)Endure hardship with me, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (4)No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier. (5)And if a man also contends in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contends lawfully. (6)The husbandman that labors must first partake of the fruits. (7)Consider what I say; for the Lord will give thee understanding in all things.