PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the
promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, (2)to Timothy, my beloved
son: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our
Lord.
(3)I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure
conscience, that I keep up a constant remembrance of thee in my prayers
night and day; (4)earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy
tears, that I might be filled with joy; (5)recalling to my memory the
unfeigned faith which was in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother
Lois, and in thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that _it is_ in thee
also. (6)For which cause I remind thee that thou fan into a flame the
divine gift, which is in thee by the imposition of my hands. (7)For God
hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of courage, and of love, and of
sobriety.
(8)Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of
me his prisoner: but suffer affliction with me in the gospel, supported
by the power of God; (9)who hath saved us, and called us with an holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose
and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before time had a
beginning; (10)but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour
Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and brought to light life and
immortality by the gospel: (11)whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and
an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. (12)For which cause also I
suffer these things; but I am not ashamed: for I know on whom I have
placed my confidence, and am persuaded that he is mighty to guard my
deposit unto the great day.
(13)Model thy teaching according to the pattern of the sound
discourses, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is
in Christ Jesus. (14)The glorious deposit committed to thy trust, guard
by the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us.
(15)Knowest thou this, that all those of Asia have deserted me? among
whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. (16)The Lord grant mercy unto the
household of Onesiphorus because he frequently was a refreshment to my
soul, and was not ashamed of my chain: (17)but, when he was at Rome, he
sought me out diligently, and found me. (18)The Lord grant that he may
find mercy with the Lord in the great day; and how liberally he
ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest better than any other person.