“Therefore, you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner. But be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times.” (2Timothy 1:8-9) Paul wrote to Timothy whom he had appointed over the church of Ephesus. Paul has been imprisoned for his