LEB - II Timothy - 1

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

1:2  to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

1:3  ⌞I am thankful⌟ to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience ⌞as my ancestors did⌟, when ⌞I remember you constantly⌟ in my prayers night and day,

1:4  longing to see you as I remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,

1:5  ⌞remembering the⌟ sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that is in you also,

1:6  for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

1:7  For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.

1:8  Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with me for the gospel, according to the power of God,

1:9  who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus ⌞before time began⌟,

1:10  but has now been disclosed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought to light life and immortality through the gospel,

1:11  for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle and a teacher,

1:12  for which reason also I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted until that day.

1:13  Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

1:14  Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

1:15  You know this, that all those in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

1:16  May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he refreshed me many times, and was not ashamed of my imprisonment,

1:17  but when he was in Rome, he diligently sought me and found me.

1:18  May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! And how much he served me in Ephesus you know very well.