He admonishes him to stir up the grace he received by his ordination
and not to be discouraged at his sufferings, but to hold firm the sound
doctrine of the gospel.
1:1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to
the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus:
1:2. To Timothy, my dearly beloved son. Grace, mercy and peace, from
God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
1:3. I 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.
1:4. Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be
filled with joy:
1:5. Calling 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.
1:6. For which cause I admonish thee that thou stir up the grace of God
which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.
1:7. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power and of
love and of sobriety.
1:8. Be 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.
1:9. Who hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,
which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world:
1:10. But 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.
By the illumination.... That is, by the bright coming and appearing of
our Saviour.
1:11. Wherein I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and teacher of
the Gentiles.
1:12. For 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.
1:13. Hold the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me: in
faith and in the love which is in Christ Jesus.
1:14. Keep the good thing committed to thy trust by the Holy Ghost who
dwelleth in us.
1:15. Thou knowest this, that all they who are in Asia are turned away
from me: of whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.
1:16. The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: because he hath
often refreshed me and hath not been ashamed of my chain:
1:17. But when he was come to Rome, he carefully sought me and found
me.
1:18. The 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.