2 Timothy 1:1–12

GREETING

1Paul,^a an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will,^b for the sake of the promise of life^c in Christ Jesus:

²To Timothy, my dearly loved son.

Grace, mercy, and peace^d from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

THANKSGIVING

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 4}Remembering 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 7}For God has not given us a spirit of fear,^j but one of power,^Ak 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 12}and 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^Cy until that day.^z