2 Timothy 1

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, sent forth to proclaim the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus.

2 to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

To Timothy, my beloved child; Grace mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

I give thanks to God whom I worship with a pure conscience as my fathers did, when I remember you unceasingly in my prayers.

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

Night and day when I recall your tears I am longing to see you, that my happiness may be complete.

5 having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

I have been reminded of that sincere faith which is in your heart; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully persuaded, dwells in you also.

6 For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

For this reason let me remind you to keep ever blazing that gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind.

For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power and of love and of self-control.

8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

Do not then be ashamed to bear witness for our Lord, nor for me, his prisoner. Nay, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

9 who saved us and 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 time began, (aiōnios g166)

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not dealing with us according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. (aiōnios g166)

10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

This has now been made manifest through the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who has put an end to death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

11 For this, I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.

12 For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have fully believed, and I am thoroughly persuaded that he is able to keep what I have given him until the Day.

13 Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Hold fast the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14 That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

Guard the glorious trust which has been committed to you by the aid of the Holy Spirit who makes his home in us.

15 This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

You already know that all the Christians in Roman Asia forsook me, among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.

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

The Lord show mercy to the house hold of Onesiphorus; for many a time he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.

17 but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

But when he came to Rome he sought for me until he found me.

18 (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

The Lord grant him to find mercy form the Lord in that Day! And you know better than I how many services he rendered in Ephesus.