¹¹ And of this gospel^(A) I was appointed^(B) a herald and an apostle and a teacher.^{(C) 12} That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame,^(D) because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard^(E) what I have entrusted to him until that day.^(F)

¹³ What you heard from me,^(G) keep^(H) as the pattern^(I) of sound teaching,^(J) with faith and love in Christ Jesus.^{(K) 14} Guard^(L) the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.^(M)

Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty

¹⁵ You know that everyone in the province of Asia^(N) has deserted me,^(O) including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶ May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,^(P) because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed^(Q) of my chains.^{(R) 17} On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. ¹⁸ May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day!^(S) You know very well in how many ways he helped me^(T) in Ephesus.^(U)