✧1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, ✧2To Timothy, [my] dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. ✧3I thank God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; ✧4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; ✧5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. ✧6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. ✧7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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✧8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
✧9Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
✧10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
✧11Where unto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
✧12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
✧13Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
✧14That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
✧15This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
✧16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
✧17But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found [me].
✧18The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.