Beloved: Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my Gospel, for which I am suffering, even to the point of chains, like a criminal.

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Beloved: Wait for and hasten the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames and the elements melted by fire.

Beloved: May grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

Brothers and sisters, rejoice.

Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him, taking along the two stone tablets.

Beloved, remember the words spoken beforehand by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Beloved: The end of all things is at hand.

Beloved: Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation, for you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Beloved: Realize that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious Blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished Lamb.