Greeting
1 Paul,an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will,for the promise of lifein Christ Jesus:
2 To Timothy, my dearly loved son.
Grace, mercy, and peacefrom God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Thanksgiving
3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscienceas my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.
4 Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy,
5 clearly recalling your sincere faiththat first lived in your grandmother Lois, then in your mother Eunice,and that I am convinced is in you also.
6 Therefore, I remind you to keep ablazethe gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7 For God has not given us a spiritof fearfulness,but one of power,love,and sound judgment.
Not Ashamed of the Gospel
8 So don’t be ashamedof the testimony about our Lord,or of me His prisoner.Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the powerof God.
9 He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purposeand grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.
10 This has now been made evident
through the appearingof our Savior Christ Jesus,
who has abolished death
and has brought lifeand immortality to light
through the gospel.
11 For this gospel I was appointeda herald, apostle, and teacher,
12 and that is why I sufferthese things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to meuntil that day.
Be Loyal to the Faith
13 Hold on to the pattern of sound teachingthat you have heard from me,in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, that good thing entrusted to you.
15 This you know: All those in Asiahave turned away from me,including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 May the Lord grant mercyto the household of Onesiphorus,because he often refreshed meand was not ashamed of my chains.
17 On the contrary, when he was in Rome,he diligently searched for me and found me.
18 May the Lord grant that he obtain mercyfrom Him on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.
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