8. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but share in suffering for the Good News according to the power of God.
9. He has saved us and called us with a holy calling— not because of our deeds but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Messiah Yeshua before time began,
10. but now has been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Messiah Yeshua. Indeed, He nullified the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.
11. For this Good News I was appointed a herald and an emissary and a teacher.
12. For this reason I also am suffering these things—but I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have trusted and I am convinced He is able to safeguard what I have entrusted to Him until that Day.
13. Keep the standard of sound words you have heard from me, in the faithfulness and love that are in Messiah Yeshua.
14. Guard the good that has been entrusted to you, through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who dwells in us.
15. You are aware that everyone in Asia has turned away from me—including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.
17. On the contrary, when he was in Rome he zealously searched for me and found me.
18. May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! You know very well how much he served in Ephesus.