^{1 Ref} Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

^{2 Ref} in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before eternal times;

^{3 Ref} but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;