³I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience^e as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.^f ⁴Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. ⁵I recall your sincere faith^g that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice^h and now, I am convinced, is in you also.

⁶Therefore, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.ⁱ ⁷For God has not given us a spirit of fear,^j but one of power,^A^k love,^l and sound judgment.

NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL

⁸So don’t be ashamed^m of the testimony about our Lord,ⁿ or of me his prisoner.^o Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power^p of God. ⁹He has saved us and called us with a holy calling,^q not according to our works,^r but according to his own purpose^s and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. ¹⁰This has now been made evident through the appearing^t of our Savior Christ Jesus, who has abolished death^u and has brought life^v and immortality to light through the gospel. ¹¹For this gospel I was appointed^w a herald, apostle, and teacher,^B ¹²and that is why I suffer^x these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me^C^y until that day.^z

BE LOYAL TO THE FAITH

¹³Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching^aa that you have heard from me,^ab in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who lives in us. ¹⁵You know that all those in the province of Asia^ac have deserted me,^ad including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶May the Lord grant mercy^ae to the household of Onesiphorus,^af because he often refreshed me^ag and was not ashamed of my chains.^ah ¹⁷On the contrary, when he was in Rome,^ai he diligently searched for me and found me. ¹⁸May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy^aj from him on that day. You know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.^ak

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Footnotes

AOr For the Spirit God gave us does not make us fearful, but gives us power
BOther add of the Gentiles
COr guard what I have entrusted to him, or guard my deposit

Cross references

a Ac 13:9
b 1Co 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1
c 1Jn 2:25; 5:12
d 1Tm 1:2; 2Jn 3
e Ac 23:1; 24:16; Rm 9:1; 2Co 1:12; 1Tm 1:19; 3:9; Heb 10:22; 1Pt 3:21
f Eph 1:6
g 1Tm 1:5
h Ac 16:1
i 1Tm 4:14; 5:22
j Jn 7:13; 14:27; Rm 8:15
k Lk 1:35; 4:14; 24:49; Ac 1:8; 4:33; Rm 15:13,19; 1Co 2:4; Eph 3:16,20; 1Th 1:5
l 1Co 13:1
m Mk 8:38; Rm 1:16; 2Tm 1:12,16
n Ac 4:33; 1Co 1:6; Rv 1:2,9; 12:17; 19:10; 20:4
o Eph 3:1; 4:1; Phm 1,9
p Lk 1:35; 2Co 13:4
q Rm 8:28; 11:14,29; Heb 3:1
r Eph 2:9
s Pr 19:21; Is 42:6; 46:10; Ac 2:23; 4:28; 26:16; Rm 8:28; 9:11; Eph 1:11; Php 2:13
t Lk 21:8; 2Tm 4:1; 1Jn 2:28
u Jn 8:51; Php 3:10
v 1Jn 5:12
w 1Tm 2:7
x Php 1:29; 2Tm 2:9
y 1Tm 1:11; 6:20; Ti 1:3
z Php 1:6; 2Tm 4:8
aa 1Tm 1:10; 6:3; Ti 1:9; 2:1
ab 2Tm 2:2; 3:14
ac Ac 6:9; 16:6
ad 2Tm 4:10–16
ae Lk 1:50
af 2Tm 4:19
ag Phm 7,20
ah Ac 16:26; 20:23; 21:33; 23:29; 26:29; Eph 6:20; Phm 10
ai Rm 1:7
aj Lk 1:50
ak Eph 1:1