12. On this account I am suffering these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know him in whom I have believed and am confident that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.
13. Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14. Guard this rich trust with the help of the holy Spirit that dwells within us.
15. You know that everyone in Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16. May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus because he often gave me new heart and was not ashamed of my chains.
17. But when he came to Rome, he promptly searched for me and found me.
18. May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well the services he rendered in Ephesus.