OR: 2 Timothy 2:8-13; 3:10-12

⁸ Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel,
⁹ the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered.
¹⁰ Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.
¹¹ The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him;
¹² if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
¹³ if we are faithless, he remains faithful — for he cannot deny himself.
¹⁰ Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,
¹¹ my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at Ico’nium, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
¹² Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,