- 1. Thou therfore my sonne, be strong in the grace that is in Christe Iesus.
- 2. And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses, the same commit thou to faythfull men, which shalbe apt to teache other also.
- 3. Thou therfore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christe.
- 4. No man that warreth, entangleth hym selfe with thaffayres of [this] lyfe, that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier.
- 5. And if a man also wrestle, yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie.
- 6. The labouryng husbandman, must first be partaker of the fruites.
- 7. Consider What I say: and the Lorde geue thee vnderstandyng in all thinges.
- 8. Remember that Iesus Christe, of the seede of Dauid, was raysed from the dead, accordyng to my Gospell,
- 9. Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer, euen vnto bondes: But the worde of God is not bounde.
- 10. Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes, that they myght also obtaine the saluation, which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie.
- 11. It is a faythfull saying: for yf we be dead with hym, we shall also lyue with hym:
- 12. If we be patient, we shall also raigne with hym: If we denie hym, he also shall denie vs.
- 13. If we be vnfaythful, he abideth faithfull, he can not denie hym selfe.
- 14. Of these thynges put them in remembraunce, testifie before the Lorde, that they striue not about wordes to no profite, [but] to the peruertyng of ye hearers.
- 15. Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.
- 16. But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse.
- 17. And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus,
- 18. Which about the trueth haue erred, saying that the resurrection is past alredie, & do ouerthrowe the fayth of some.
- 19. But the strong foundation of God standeth styl, hauyng this seale: The Lorde knoweth the that are his: And, let euery one that nameth the name of Christe, depart from iniquitie.
- 20. But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde, and of siluer, but also of wood and of earth: some to honour, and some vnto dishonour.
- 21. If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, and meete for ye vses of the Lorde, and prepared vnto euery good worke.
- 22. Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart.
- 23. But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife.
- 24. And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue: but be gentle vnto all men, apt to teache, sufferyng euyll in mekenesse,
- 25. Instructing the which are contrarie mynded, yf God at any tyme wyll geue them repentaunce, to the knowledge of the trueth:
- 26. And that they may come to the selues agayne, out of the snare of the deuyll, which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll.
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