¹Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God , according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus ,[#1:1 “Christ” means “Anointed One”.]

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

³I 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

⁴longing to see you , remembering your tears , that I may be filled with joy ;

⁵having 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 .

⁶For 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 .

⁷For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear , but of power , love, and self-control .

⁸Therefore 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 ,

⁹who 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,

¹⁰but 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 .

¹¹For this I was appointed as a preacher , an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

¹²For 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 .

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

¹⁴That good thing which was committed to you , guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us .

¹⁵This you know , that all who are in Asia turned away from me , of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes .

¹⁶May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus , for he often refreshed me , and was not ashamed of my chain,

¹⁷but 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 .