2 Timothy 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
2 To Timothy, my beloved child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did, because I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.
4 I long to see you, remembering your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.
5 I recall your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure it lives in you too.
6 For this reason, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7 For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, love, and self-control.
8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me, his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.
9 He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not because of our works, but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages,
10 and has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
11 For this gospel I was appointed a herald, an apostle, and a teacher.
12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what was entrusted to me until that day.
13 Hold to the pattern of sound words you heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14 Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
15 You know that everyone in Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain.
17 Instead, when he arrived in Rome, he searched hard for me and found me.
18 May the Lord grant him mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well how much he served in Ephesus.
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