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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God, in accord with the promise of
life which is in Christ Jesus,
2 to Timothy, a child beloved: Grace, mercy, peace, from
God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord.
3 Grateful am I to God, to Whom I am offering divine
service from my ancestors with a clear conscience, as I have an unintermittent remembrance
concerning you in my petitions, night and day,
4 longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may
be filled full of joy,
5 getting a reminder of the unfeigned faith which is in
you, which first makes its home in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice. Now,
I am persuaded that it is in you also.
6 For which cause I am reminding you to be rekindling the
gracious gift of God which is in you through the imposition of my hands,
7 for God gives us, not a spirit of timidity, but of
power and of love and of sanity.
8 You may not be ashamed, then, of the testimony of our
Lord, nor yet of me, His prisoner, but suffer evil with the evangel in accord with the
power of God,
9 Who saves us and calls us with a holy calling, not in
accord with our acts, but in accord with His own purpose and the grace which is given to
us in Christ Jesus before times eonian,
10 yet now is being manifested through the advent of our
Saviour, Christ Jesus, Who, indeed, abolishes death, yet illuminates life and incorruption
through the evangel
11 of which I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a
teacher of the nations.
12 For which cause I am suffering these things also, but
I am not ashamed, for I am aware Whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able
to guard what is committed to me, for that day.
13 Have a pattern of sound words, which you hear from me,
in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
14 The ideal thing committed to you, guard through the
holy spirit which is making its home in us.
15 Of this you are aware, that all those in the province
of Asia were turned from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 May the Lord grant mercy to the household of
Onesiphorus, for he often refreshes me and was not ashamed of my chain,
17 but, coming to be in Rome, he seeks me diligently and
found me.
18 May the Lord grant to him to be finding mercy from the
Lord in that day! And how much he serves in Ephesus you know quite well. |