8. Keep your mind on Jesus Christ! He was from the family of David and was raised from death, just as my good news says.
9. And because of this message, I am locked up in jail and treated like a criminal. But God's good news isn't locked in jail,
10. and so I am willing to put up with anything. Then God's special people will be saved. They will be given eternal glory because they belong to Christ Jesus.
11. Here is a true message:“If we died with Christ,we will live with him.
12. If we don't give up,we will rule with him.If we denythat we know him,he will denythat he knows us.
13. If we are not faithful,he will still be faithful.Christ cannot denywho he is.”
14. Don't let anyone forget these things. And with God as your witness, you must warn them not to argue about words. These arguments don't help anyone. In fact, they ruin everyone who listens to them.
15. Do your best to win God's approval as a worker who doesn't need to be ashamed and who teaches only the true message.
16. Keep away from worthless and useless talk. It only leads people further away from God.
17. That sort of talk is like a sore that won't heal. And Hymenaeus and Philetus have been talking this way
18. by teaching that the dead have already been raised to life. This is far from the truth, and it is destroying the faith of some people.