Chapter 1
1 Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God , according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus ,
2 to Timothy , my beloved child : Grace , mercy , and peace , from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord .
3 I thank God , whom I serve as my forefathers did , with a pure conscience . How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day
4 longing to see you , remembering your tears , that I may be filled with joy ;
5 having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you , which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and , I am persuaded , in you also .
6 For this cause , I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands .
7 For God didn’ t give us a spirit of fear , but of power , love, and self-control .
8 Therefore don’ t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord , nor of me his prisoner ; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God ,
9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling , not according to our works , but according to his own purpose and grace , which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Saviour , Christ Jesus , who abolished death , and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News .
11 For this I was appointed as a preacher , an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12 For this cause I also suffer these things . Yet I am not ashamed , for I know him whom I have believed , and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day .
13 Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me , in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus .
14 That good thing which was committed to you , guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us .
15 This you know , that all who are in Asia turned away from me , of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes .
16 May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus , for he often refreshed me , and was not ashamed of my chain,
17 but when he was in Rome , he sought me diligently and found me
18 ( the Lord grant to him to find the Lord ’ s mercy in that day ); and in how many things he served at Ephesus , you know very well .