²⁰ I have no one so like myself who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

² make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.^(A)

²² But Timothy’s^[a] worth you know, how like a son with a father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.^(A)

¹⁰ If Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord just as I am;^(A)

⁶ (He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)

¹³ The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep.

³ Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.

⁵ I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.^(A)

² To Timothy, my true child^[a] in the faith:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.^(A)

¹¹ And Jesus who is called Justus greets you. These are the only ones of the circumcision among my coworkers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.