1:1 | From Paul,* an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise* of life in Christ Jesus, |
1:2 | to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord! |
1:3 | I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did,* when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.* |
1:4 | As I remember your tears, I long to see you,* so that I may be filled with joy. |
1:5 | I recall* your sincere faith* that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure* is in you. |
1:6 | Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess* through the laying on of my hands. |
1:7 | For God did not give us a Spirit* of fear but of power and love and self-control. |
1:8 | So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord* or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by* God’s power accept your share of suffering* for the gospel. |
1:9 | He is the one who saved us* and called us with a holy calling, not based on* our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,* |
1:10 | but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He* has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! |
1:11 | For this gospel* I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.* |
1:12 | Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do.* But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set* and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me* until that day.* |
1:13 | Hold to the standard* of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.* |
1:14 | Protect that good thing* entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us. |
1:15 | You know that everyone in the province of Asia* deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. |
1:16 | May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.* |
1:17 | But when he arrived in Rome,* he eagerly searched for me and found me. |
1:18 | May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!* And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.* |