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the Lord be favourable to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often reliev'd me, and was not asham'd of my chains:

but when he was at Rome, he enquired for me very diligently, and found me.

the Lord grant he may obtain mercy from him in that day, for you know very well what services de did me at Ephesus.

As for you, my son, strenuously acquit yourself of the charge you have receiv'd from Christ Jesus.

for which I suffer even the chains of a malefactor: but the word of God is not so confin'd.

I therefore bear with every thing for the sake of the converts, that they may obtain that salvation, which Jesus Christ has procur'd us, even eternal glory.

it is an undoubted truth, that if we die for him, we shall live with him:

discountenance such as hold vain irreligious discourse; for they will grow bold in impiety,

in a palace there are vessels not only of gold, and of silver, but of wood and of earth likewise: some are for honourable uses, and others for meaner purposes.

he that is clear of vice, is a vessel of the first kind, sanctified and fit for the master's use, and qualified for every virtuous action.

decline all impertinent barren disputes, since they only serve for contention.

for men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, proud, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful,

but they will be stop'd in their career; for they shall be expos'd to the world for impostors, as those magicians were.

As for me, you are perfectly acquainted with my doctrine, my conduct, my designs, my temper, my benevolence, my constancy,

as for these impious impostors, they will go on from bad to worse, seducing others, and deluding themselves.

for all divinely inspired writings are conducive to instruction, to conviction, to reformation, and the practice of virtue;

that the minister of God may be perfectly accomplished for every office of religion.

for the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but get teachers of their own corrupt taste, to sooth their ears that itch for flattery:

as for me, my blood will soon be pour'd out, and the time of my departure draws nigh:

I have nothing more to do, but to receive the crown of virtue reserv'd for me, which the Lord, the just judge, will give me in that day: and not only to me, but to those also, who have long'd for his appearance.