2 Timothy 1

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1. 1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
2. 2To Timothy, my dearly loved son: May grace, mercy, and peace be yours from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. 3I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience as my forefathers did, that without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day.
4. 4I long to see you, remembering your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.
5. 5I am reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced it is in you also.
6. 6For this reason, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7. 7For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
8. 8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, share in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God.
9. 9He is the one who saved us and called us to a holy calling—not because of anything we did, but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the world began.
10. 10And now it is revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
11. 11To this I am appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12. 12That's why I'm suffering these things. But I'm not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I'm convinced that he is able to guard what I have committed to him until that day.
13. 13Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you heard from me, with faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14. 14Guard the good thing that was entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
15. 15You know this, that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16. 16May the Lord give mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain.
17. 17In fact, when he arrived in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.
18. 18May the Lord grant him mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.