2 Timothy 1

Timothy Charged to Guard His Trust

1Paul, aan apostle of bChrist Jesus
Lit through
,
dby the will of God, according to the promise of elife in Christ Jesus,

2To fTimothy, my beloved
Or child
,
hson: iGrace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 jI thank God, whom I kserve with a lclear conscience
Lit from my forefathers
the way my forefathers did, nas I constantly remember you in my
Or petitions
prayers night and day,
4 plonging to see you, qeven as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy. 5
Lit Receiving remembrance of
For I am mindful of the ssincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and tyour mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.
6For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh uthe gift of God which is in you through vthe laying on of my hands. 7For God has not given us a wspirit of
Or cowardice
timidity, but of power and love and
Or sound judgment
discipline.

8Therefore zdo not be ashamed of the aatestimony of our Lord or of me abHis prisoner, but join with me in acsuffering for the adgospel according to the power of God, 9who has aesaved us and afcalled us with a holy agcalling, ahnot according to our works, but according to His own aipurpose and grace which was granted us in ajChrist Jesus from akall eternity, 10but alnow has been revealed by the amappearing of our Savior anChrist Jesus, who aoabolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11 apfor which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher. 12For this reason I also suffer these things, but aqI am not ashamed; for I know arwhom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to asguard what I have entrusted to Him
Or for
until authat day.
13
Or Hold the example
,
awRetain the axstandard of aysound words azwhich you have heard from me, in the bafaith and love which are in bbChrist Jesus.
14Guard, through the Holy Spirit who bcdwells in us, the
Lit good deposit
,
betreasure which has been entrusted to you.

15You are aware of the fact that all who are in
I.e. the province of Asia
,
bgAsia bhturned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16The Lord grant mercy to bithe house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and bjwas not ashamed of my
Lit chain
,
blchains;
17but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me— 18the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on bmthat dayand you know very well what services he rendered at bnEphesus.
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