2 Timothy 1

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

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

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

to Timothy my beloved son; grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with a clean conscience, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the custom of my forefathers, that, without ceasing, I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day,

4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

5 I have been reminded of your genuine faith, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it lives in you also.

for I remember the unfeigned faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that it dwells in you also.

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

Wherefore I exhort you to kindle up the gift of God that is in you by the laying on of my hands.

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

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me, Paul, his prisoner. Instead, share 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 jointly suffer evil in the gospel according to the power of God,

9 It is God who saved us and called us with a holy calling. He did this, not according to our works, but according to his own plan and grace. He gave us these things in Christ Jesus before times ever began. (aiōnios g166)

who has 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 us in Christ Jesus before the times of the ages, (aiōnios g166)

10 But now God's salvation has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. It is Christ who put an end to death and brought life that never ends to light through the gospel.

but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has deprived death of its power, and brought life and incorruptibility to light through the gospel;

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

to which I have been appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles;

12 For this cause I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed. I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted to him until that day.

for which cause I also suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed: for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have intrusted to him till that day.

13 Keep the example of faithful messages that you heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Hold fast the form of sound words which you have heard from me, in faithfulness and in love which is in Christ Jesus.

14 The good thing that God committed to you, guard it through the Holy Spirit, who lives in us.

That good thing which was intrusted to you, keep by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us.

15 You know this, that all who live in Asia turned away from me. In this group are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

You know this, that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me; all those, I say, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

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

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

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

but when he was in Rome, he sought for me very diligently, and found me.

18 May the Lord grant to him to find mercy from him on that day. All the ways he helped me in Ephesus, you know very well.

The Lord grant to him, that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day. And in how many things he ministered to me in Ephesus, you know very well.