2 Timothy 1

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by [the] will of God, according to [the] promise of life in Christ Jesus,

²To Timothy, [my] beloved child: Grace, mercy, [and] peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

³I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did [my] forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

⁴Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

⁵I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced [is] in you as well.

⁶For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

⁷For God {has} not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

⁸So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, [or] of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by [the] power of God.

⁹[He] has saved us and called [us] to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and [by the] grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

¹⁰And now He has revealed [this grace] through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, [who] has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

¹¹to which I was appointed [as] a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

¹²For this reason, even [though] I suffer [as I do], I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted [to Him] for that day.

¹³Hold on [to the] pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with [the] faith and love that [are] in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴Guard the treasure entrusted [to you], with the help of [the] Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

¹⁵You know that everyone in [the Province of] Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶{May} the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

¹⁷Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently [until] he found me.

¹⁸{May} the Lord grant [Onesiphorus] [His] mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered [to me] in Ephesus.