1 ¶ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

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

3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clean conscience as did my forefathers, never failing to remember you in my prayers night and day;

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

5 Having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which first lived in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and I am persuaded now lives in you also.

6 ¶ That is why I want to remind you to stir up the gift of God, that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

8 Therefore never be ashamed to testify of our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner: but join in suffering disgrace for the gospel according to the power of God;

9 Who has saved us, and called us to a holy calling, not because of anything we have done, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

10 And has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

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

12 And that is why I am suffering as I am: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.

13 Hold fast to the pattern of sound words, that you heard me use, in telling others of the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, that precious treasure that was committed to you.

15 ¶ You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me; including Phygellus and Hermogenes.

16 May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he often showed me kindness, and was not ashamed of my chains:

17 On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he diligently sought me, and found me.

18 May the Lord grant to him that he find mercy with the Lord in that day: you know better than I the many ways that he helped me in Ephesus.