2 Timothy 1:7-14

GOD did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and wise discretion. So never be ashamed to testify about our LORD, or ashamed of me [Paul] in prison. By the power of GOD, join with me in suffering for the gospel. For he saved us, and called us with a holy calling - not because of anything we have done, but because of his own purpose and grace, which was given us in CHRIST JESUS before the beginning of time. And now he has been revealed, through the appearing of our SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who conquered death and brought light to life and immortality through the gospel, to which GOD appointed me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher to the nations. It is for this cause that I now suffer, but I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day what I have entrusted to him. Hold on to what you have heard from me as a pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in CHRIST JESUS. Guard, by the HOLY SPIRIT which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted to you.