⁹ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.^[a] For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

2 Timothy, my dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus.

⁶ In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you.

¹³ For I can do everything through Christ,^[a] who gives me strength.

The Whole Armor of God

¹⁰ A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

¹⁶ I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

³ For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law.

Christ Took Our Punishment

²¹ But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses^[a] and the prophets long ago.