II Timothy 1

¹Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

²to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

³I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,

⁴desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,

⁵calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.

⁶Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands.

⁷For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.

⁸And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God,

⁹who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time.

¹⁰And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel.

¹¹Of this Gospel, I have been appointed a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

¹²For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day.

¹³Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.

¹⁵Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶May the Lord have mercy on the house of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me, and he has not been ashamed of my chains.

¹⁷Instead, when he had arrived in Rome, he anxiously sought me and found me.

¹⁸May the Lord grant to him to obtain mercy from the Lord in that day. And you know well in how many ways he has ministered to me at Ephesus.

II Timothy 1

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 from Christ Jesus our Lord.

³I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with a pure conscience, that without ceasing I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day.

⁴Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:

⁵Calling to mind that faith which is in thee unfeigned, which also dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and in thy mother Eunice, and I am certain that in thee also.

⁶For which cause I admonish thee that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

⁷For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power and of love and of sobriety.

⁸Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but labour with the gospel, according to the power of God.

⁹Who hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not according to our own works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world:

¹⁰But is now made manifest by the illumination of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath destroyed death and hath brought to light life and incorruption by the gospel.

¹¹Wherein I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles.

¹²For which cause, I also suffer these things: but I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, against that day.

¹³Hold the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me: in faith and in the love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴Keep the good thing committed to thy trust by the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us.

¹⁵Thou knowest this, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me: of whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: because he hath often refreshed me and hath not been ashamed of my chain:

¹⁷But when he was come to Rome, he carefully sought me and found me.

¹⁸The Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day. And in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou very well knowest.