Study Desk

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but must be gentle to everyone, able to teach, and patient,

But know this: Hard times will come in the last days.

holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people.

But they will not make further progress, for their foolishness will be clear to all, as was the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres.

But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance,

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear.

But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing.

At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

They claim to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

But you are to proclaim things consistent with sound teaching.

or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

he saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy—through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

But avoid foolish debates, genealogies, quarrels, and disputes about the law, because they are unprofitable and worthless.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.