2 Timothy 1

Chapter 1

Timothy Charged to Guard His Trust

¹Paul, ^aan apostle of ^bChrist Jesus ^1cby the will of God, according to the promise of ^dlife in Christ Jesus,

²To ^aTimothy, my beloved ^1bson: ^cGrace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

^3aI thank God, whom I ^bserve with a ^cclear conscience ¹the way my forefathers did, ^das I constantly remember you in my ²prayers night and day,

^4alonging to see you, ^beven as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.

⁵¹For I am mindful of the ^asincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and ^byour mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.

⁶For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh ^athe gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

⁷For God has not given us a ^aspirit of ¹timidity, but of power and love and ²discipline.

⁸Therefore ^ado not be ashamed of the ^btestimony of our Lord or of me ^cHis prisoner, but join with me in ^dsuffering for the ^egospel according to the power of God,

⁹who has ^asaved us and ^bcalled us with a holy ^ccalling, ^dnot according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in ^eChrist Jesus from ^fall eternity,

¹⁰but ^anow has been revealed by the ^bappearing of our Savior ^cChrist Jesus, who ^dabolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

^11afor which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

¹²For this reason I also suffer these things, but ^aI am not ashamed; for I know ^bwhom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to ^cguard what I have entrusted to Him ¹until ^dthat day.

^131aRetain the ^bstandard of ^csound words ^dwhich you have heard from me, in the ^efaith and love which are in ^fChrist Jesus.

¹⁴Guard, through the Holy Spirit who ^adwells in us, the ^1btreasure which has been entrusted to you.

¹⁵You are aware of the fact that all who are in ^1aAsia ^bturned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶The Lord grant mercy to ^athe house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and ^bwas not ashamed of my ^1cchains;

¹⁷but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

¹⁸the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on ^athat day—and you know very well what services he rendered at ^bEphesus.