TIMOTHY my son, as for you, man of God, shun all this; aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to
which you were called when you made the good confession in the presence
of many witnesses. In the presence of God who gives life to all things, and of Christ
Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good
confession, I charge you to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
and this will be made manifest at the proper time by the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no
man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion.
Amen.
