22 But you know Timothy’s^{1 z}proven worth, how ^aas a son² with a father ^bhe has served with me in the gospel.

3 Yes, I ask you also, true companion,¹ help these women, who have labored² side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, ^owhose names are in the book of life.

2 and we ^esent Timothy, ^four brother and God’s coworker¹ in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,