Jubilee2000 - II Timothy - 1

1:1  Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

1:2  to Timothy, dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, [and] peace of God the Father and of Christ Jesus our Lord.

1:3  I thank God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with [a] pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day,

1:4  greatly desiring to see thee (being mindful of thy tears), that I may be filled with joy,

1:5  when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.

1:6  Therefore I admonish thee that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

1:7  For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of strength and of love and of temperance.

1:8  Therefore be not thou ashamed [to give] testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel by the power of God,

1:9  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,

1:10  but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and has brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel,

1:11  unto which I am appointed [a] preacher and [an] apostle and [a] teacher of the Gentiles.

1:12  For which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

1:13  Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and charity which is in Christ Jesus.

1:14  Keep the good deposit committed [unto thee] by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.

1:15  This, thou knowest, that all those who are in Asia are turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

1:16  The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

1:17  for when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found [me].

1:18  The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day; and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.: