11. But you, man of God, avoid all these things. Strive for righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.
12. Run your best in the race of faith, and win eternal life for yourself; for it was to this life that God called you when you firmly professed your faith before many witnesses.
13. Before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who firmly professed his faith before Pontius Pilate, I command you
14. to obey your orders and keep them faithfully until the Day when our Lord Jesus Christ will appear.
15. His appearing will be brought about at the right time by God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
16. He alone is immortal; he lives in the light that no one can approach. No one has ever seen him; no one can ever see him. To him be honour and eternal dominion! Amen.
17. Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.
18. Command them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share with others.