1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will according to the promise of life, which is in Christ Jesus,
2 to Timothy, my dearly beloved son. May grace, mercy, [and] peace [be yours] from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I thank God--whom I serve from [my] forefathers with a pure conscience--that without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
4 greatly desiring to see you--remembering your tears--that I may be filled with joy
5 when I remember the sincere faith that is in you, which first resided in your grandmother, Lois, and your mother, Eunice, and I am convinced is in you also.
Remembrance of Timothy's Responsibility
6 Therefore I want to remind you to rekindle the gift of God, which is in you by the laying on of my hands.
7 For God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind.
8 Therefore don't be ashamed of our Lord's testimony or of me, a prisoner for him, instead share the afflictions with me for the gospel by the power of God,
9 who has saved and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own plan and grace, which was given us by Christ Jesus before the world began.
10 But now is clearly seen by the arrival of our Savior Jesus Christ who has deprived death of its influence and thrown the light on life and immortality through the gospel.
11 For which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12 It is for this reason that I suffer these things. Nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep safe what I have committed to him for that day.
13 Hold on to this model of sound teaching, which you heard from me, with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus.
14 The good thing, which was entrusted to you, keep safe by the [help] of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
15 You know this that all those in Asia have forsaken me even Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 May the Lord give the family of Onesiphorus mercy, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my bonds.
17 When he was in Rome, he sought for me very diligently and found me.
18 May the Lord grant him that he may find mercy from the Lord on that day. You know very well how much he gave help to me at Ephesus.