2 Timothy 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, according to promise of life, the [life] which [is] in Christ Jesus,

2 to dear son Timothy: Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

to Timotheus, [my] beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience like my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers, night and day,

I am thankful to God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,

4 longing to see you (recalling your tears), that I may be filled with joy;

earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

5 while I call to mind the unfeigned faith that is in you—it resided first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, in you also.

calling to mind the unfeigned faith which [has been] in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.

6 For this reason I am reminding you to rekindle the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

7 Because God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of self-control.

For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.

8 So do not be ashamed to identify with our Lord or with me His prisoner, but join in suffering for the Gospel according to the power of God

Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God;

9 —the One who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not because of our works but because of His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, (aiōnios g166)

who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, 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, (aiōnios g166)

10 but has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who by means of the Gospel destroyed the death and brought life and immortality to light;

but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings;

11 to this Gospel I was appointed as a proclaimer, an apostle and a teacher of nations.

to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of [the] nations.

12 That is why I am suffering these things, yet I am not ashamed because I know in whom I have believed and am certain that He is able to guard my deposit until that Day.

For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

13 Hold fast the standard of sound teaching that you heard from me, through the faith and love in Christ Jesus.

Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which [are] in Christ Jesus.

14 Guard the good deposit by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted.

15 This you know, that all those in Asia have been turned away from me, including Phygellus and Hermogenes.

Thou knowest this, that all who [are] in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me.

16 May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;

17 rather, when he arrived in Rome he searched diligently for me until he found me

but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found [me] —

18 (may the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day); you also know very well in how many ways he served in Ephesus.

the Lord grant to him to find mercy from [the] Lord in that day — and how much service he rendered in Ephesus thou knowest best.