2 Timothy Chapter 1 Back Next{1:1} Paul, an
apostle of
Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
{1:2} to Timothy, my beloved child:
Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
{1:3} I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure
conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day
{1:4} longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
{1:5} having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother
Lois, and your mother
Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
{1:6} For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the
gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
{1:7} For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
{1:8} Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
{1:9} who 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 to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
{1:10} but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished
death, and brought life and
immortality to light through the Good News.
{1:11} For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the
Gentiles.
{1:12} For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
{1:13} Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
{1:14} That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
{1:15} This you know, that all who are in
Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and
Hermogenes.
{1:16} May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my
chain,
{1:17} but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me
{1:18} (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at
Ephesus, you know very well.
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