2 Timothy 1:1-18
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through God’s will+ according to the promise of the life+ that is in union with Christ Jesus,+
2 to Timothy, a beloved child:+
May there be undeserved kindness, mercy, peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.+
3 I am grateful to God, to whom I am rendering sacred service*+ as my forefathers+ did and with a clean conscience,+ that I never leave off remembering you in my supplications,+ night and day
4 longing to see you,+ as I remember your tears, that I may get filled with joy.
5 For I recollect the faith+ which is in you without any hypocrisy,+ and which dwelt first in your grandmother Loʹis and your mother Euʹnice, but which I am confident is also in you.
6 For this very cause I remind you to stir up like a fire+ the gift+ of God which is in you through the laying of my hands upon you.+
7 For God gave us not a spirit of cowardice,+ but that of power+ and of love and of soundness of mind.+
8 Therefore do not become ashamed of the witness* about our Lord,+ neither of me a prisoner for his sake,*+ but take your part in suffering+ evil for the good news according to the power of God.+
9 He saved+ us and called us with a holy calling,+ not by reason of our works,+ but by reason of his own purpose and undeserved kindness. This was given us in connection with Christ Jesus before times long lasting,*+
10 but now it has been made clearly evident through the manifestation+ of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished* death+ but has shed light+ upon life+ and incorruption+ through the good news,+
11 for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.+
12 For this very cause I am also suffering+ these things, but I am not ashamed.+ For I know the one whom I have believed, and I am confident* he is able to guard+ what I have laid up in trust with him until that day.+
13 Keep holding the pattern of healthful+ words that you heard from me with the faith and love that are in connection with Christ Jesus.+
14 This fine trust+ guard through the holy spirit which is dwelling in us.+
15 You know this, that all the men in* the [district of] Asia+ have turned away from me.+ Phy·gelʹus and Her·mogʹe·nes are of that number.
16 May the Lord* grant mercy to the household of On·e·siphʹo·rus,+ because he often brought me refreshment,+ and he did not become ashamed of my chains.+
17 On the contrary, when he happened to be in Rome, he diligently looked for me and found me.+
18 May the Lord* grant him to find mercy+ from Jehovah* in that day.+ And all the services he rendered in Ephʹe·sus you know well enough.*
Footnotes
^ “I am rendering sacred service.” Gr., la·treuʹo; J17(Heb.), ʼaniʹ ʽo·vedhʹ, “I am serving (worshiping).” See Ex 3:12 ftn.
^ “Witness.” Gr., mar·tyʹri·on; Lat., te·sti·moʹni·um.
^ Or, “me his prisoner.”
^ Or, “times eternal.”
^ Lit., “having made ineffective.”
^ Lit., “I have been persuaded.”
^ Or, “of.”
^ “The Lord,” אAVg; J7,8,13,14,16, “Jehovah.”
^ “The Lord,” אAVg; J7,8,13,14,16, “Jehovah.”
^ See App 1D.
^ Or, “know better than I do.”
