2 Timothy 1:3–14

³I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with a pure conscience, that without ceasing I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day.

⁴Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:

⁵Calling to mind that faith which is in thee unfeigned, which also dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and in thy mother Eunice, and I am certain that in thee also.

⁶For which cause I admonish thee that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

⁷For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power and of love and of sobriety.

⁸Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but labour with the gospel, according to the power of God.

⁹Who hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not according to our own works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world:

¹⁰But is now made manifest by the illumination of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath destroyed death and hath brought to light life and incorruption by the gospel.

¹¹Wherein I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles.

¹²For which cause, I also suffer these things: but I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, against that day.

¹³Hold the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me: in faith and in the love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴Keep the good thing committed to thy trust by the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us.