CHAPTER 1
Paul,
an apostle
of Christ
Jesus
by
the will
of God,
according to
the promise
of life
in
Christ
Jesus,
To Timothy,
my beloved
child:
Grace,
mercy,
and peace
from
God
the Father
and
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
I
thank
God,
whom
I serve
with
a clear
conscience
as did
my forefathers,
as
I
constantly
remember
you
night
and
day
in
my
prayers.
I am reminded
of
your
sincere
faith,
which
first
dwelt
in
your
grandmother
Lois
and
your
mother
Eunice,
and
I am convinced
is in
you
as well.
For
this
reason
I remind
you
to fan into flame
the
gift
of God,
which
is
in
you
through
the
laying on
of
my
hands.
So
do not be ashamed of
the
testimony
of
our
Lord,
or
of me,
His
prisoner.
Instead,
join me in suffering
for the
gospel
by
the power
of God.
He
has saved
us
and
called us
with a holy
calling,
not
because of
our
own
works,
but
by
His own
purpose
and
by the grace
He granted
us
in
Christ
Jesus
before
time
eternal.
And
now
He has revealed this grace
through
the
appearing
of our
Savior,
Christ
Jesus,
who has abolished
death
and
illuminated the way to
life
and
immortality
through
the
gospel,
For
this
reason,
even though
I suffer
as I do,
I am not ashamed;
for
I know
whom
I have believed,
and
I am convinced
that
He is
able
to guard
what I have entrusted to Him
for
that
day.
Hold on
to the pattern
of sound
teaching
you have heard
from
me,
with
the faith
and
love
that are
in
Christ
Jesus.
You know
that
everyone
in
the Province of Asia
has deserted
me,
including
Phygelus
and
Hermogenes.
May the
Lord
grant
mercy
to the
household
of Onesiphorus,
because
he has often refreshed
me
and
was unashamed of
my
chains.
May the
Lord
grant
Onesiphorus
His
mercy
on
that
day.
You
know
very well
how much
he ministered to me
in
Ephesus.