4. and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.
5. And thou--watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,
6. for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;
7. the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
8. henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord--the Righteous Judge--shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
9. Be diligent to come unto me quickly,
10. for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,
11. Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;
12. and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;
13. the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books-- especially the parchments.
14. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,
15. of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;
16. in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)