| 6 | Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; |
| 7 | for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control. |
| 8 | Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God, |
| 9 | who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago, |
| 10 | and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. |
| 11 | For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, |
| 12 | and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. |
| 13 | Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus; |