Chapter 1 | |
1 | Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God`s will, according to promise of life, the life which is in Christ Jesus, |
2 | to Timotheus, my beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord. |
3 | 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 | earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; |
5 | 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 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 | For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion. |
8 | 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 | 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, |
10 | 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 which *I* have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of the nations. |
12 | 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 | Have an outline of sound words, which words thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. |
14 | Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted. |
15 | Thou knowest this, that all who are in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me. |
16 | The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain; |
17 | but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found me -- |
18 | 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. |
