11. which is in accord with the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, the Gospel which has been entrusted to me.
12. I give thanks to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he has considered me faithful, placing me in the ministry,
13. though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.
14. And so the grace of our Lord has abounded greatly, with the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.
15. It is a faithful saying, and worthy of acceptance by everyone, that Christ Jesus came into this world to bring salvation to sinners, among whom I am first.
16. But it was for this reason that I obtained mercy, so that in me as first, Christ Jesus would display all patience, for the instruction of those who would believe in him unto eternal life.
17. So then, to the King of ages, to the immortal, invisible, solitary God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
18. This precept I commend to you, my son Timothy, in accord with the prophets who preceded you: that you serve among them like a soldier in a good war,
19. holding to faith and good conscience, against those who, by rejecting these things, have made a shipwreck of the faith.
20. Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they may learn not to blaspheme.