Greeting

¹Paul, aan apostle of Christ Jesus bby the will of God according to cthe promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,

²To Timothy, dmy beloved child:

eGrace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You

³fI thank God gwhom I serve, as did my ancestors, hwith a clear conscience, as I remember you iconstantly in my prayers night and day. ⁴jAs I remember your tears, kI long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. ⁵I am reminded of lyour sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and myour mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. ⁶For this reason I remind you nto fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, ⁷for God gave us oa spirit not of fear but pof power and love and self-control.

⁸Therefore qdo not be ashamed of rthe testimony about our Lord, nor of sme his prisoner, but tshare in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, ⁹uwho saved us and vcalled us to1 a holy calling, wnot because of our works but because of vhis own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus xbefore the ages began,2 ¹⁰and which now has ybeen manifested through zthe appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, awho abolished death and bbrought life and cimmortality to light through the gospel, ¹¹dfor which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, ¹²ewhich is why I suffer as I do. But fI am not ashamed, for gI know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until hthat day iwhat has been entrusted to me.3 ¹³jFollow kthe pattern of lthe sound4 words mthat you have heard from me, in nthe faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴By the Holy Spirit owho dwells within us, guard ithe good deposit entrusted to you.

¹⁵You are aware that pall who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶May the Lord grant mercy to qthe household of Onesiphorus, for he often rrefreshed me and was not ashamed of smy chains, ¹⁷but when he arrived in Rome the searched for me earnestly and found me— ¹⁸may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on uthat day!—and you well know all the service he vrendered at Ephesus.