2 Timothy 1

1 This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus chosen by God, sent to tell about the promise of real life that is in Christ Jesus.

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

2 I'm sending it to you Timothy, my dear son. May you have grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I'm always thinking of you and I'm so thankful to God, whom I serve as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience. I never forget to mention you in my prayers.

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,

4 I remember how you cried, and I so want to see you! That would make me really happy.

desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,

5 I keep in mind your sincere trust in God, the same trust that your grandmother Lois and mother Eunice also had—and I know that same trust continues in you.

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.

6 That's why I want to remind you to revitalize God's gracious gift to you which you received when I placed my hands on you.

Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands.

7 God didn't give us a spirit that makes us fearful, but a spirit of power and love and good sense.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.

8 So don't be ashamed to tell others about our Lord, or be ashamed of me. Instead be ready to share in suffering for the good news as God gives you strength.

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,

9 He is the one who has saved us and called us to live a holy life—not through what we do, but by God's own plan and through his grace. (aiōnios g166)

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. (aiōnios g166)

10 He gave this grace to us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, and is now revealed in the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He destroyed death, making life and immortality brilliantly clear through the good news.

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.

11 I was appointed speaker, apostle, and teacher of this good news.

Of this Gospel, I have been appointed a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

12 That's also the reason I'm suffering all this, but I'm not ashamed, because I know whom I've trusted. I'm confident that he can look after what I've entrusted to him until the Day he returns.

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.

13 You should follow the model of good advice that you learned from me, with an attitude of trust and love in Christ Jesus.

Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14 Guard the truth that was entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.

15 You already know that everyone from Asia has abandoned me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.

16 May the Lord be kind to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often took care of me and wasn't embarrassed about me being in prison.

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.

17 When he was in Rome, he took the trouble to search for me, and he found me.

Instead, when he had arrived in Rome, he anxiously sought me and found me.

18 May the Lord grant him his blessing in the Day of Judgment. (Timothy, you're very much aware of how much Onesiphorus did for me when he was in Ephesus.)

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.