Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹³ Keep a firm hold on the pattern of healthy teaching which you heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Messiah Jesus. ¹⁴ You have had something very important entrusted to you, too; make sure you look after it, through the holy spirit who dwells in us.

Foes and friends

¹⁵ You will know that everyone in Asia has turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶ May the Lord give mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; he has often refreshed me. He wasn’t ashamed of my chains, ¹⁷ but when he was in Rome he eagerly hunted for me and found me. ¹⁸ May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well all the things he did for me in Ephesus.