Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus
to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord
I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day
desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy
calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you
Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint
And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God
who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time
And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel
Of this Gospel, I have been appointed a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles
For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day
Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus
Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us
Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes
May the Lord have mercy on the house of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me, and he has not been ashamed of my chains
Instead, when he had arrived in Rome, he anxiously sought me and found me
May the Lord grant to him to obtain mercy from the Lord in that day. And you know well in how many ways he has ministered to me at Ephesus