Murdock - II Timothy

Chapter 1

1:1  PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, according to the promise of life which is in Jesus the Messiah;

1:2  to Timothy a beloved son; grace, and mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

1:3  I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I continually remember thee in my prayers, by night and by day:

1:4  and I desire to see thee, and I call to mind thy tears; that I may be filled with joy,

1:5  by the recollection which I have, by thy genuine faith, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and also, I am persuaded, in thee.

1:6  Wherefore I remind thee, that thou excite the gift of God, that is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

1:7  For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of energy, and of love, and of instruction.

1:8  Therefore be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure evils in connection with the Gospel, through the power of God;

1:9  who hath vivified us, and called us with a holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his good pleasure, and his grace that was given us in Jesus the Messiah from time before the ages,

1:10  and is now made known by the appearing of our Vivifier, Jesus the Messiah; who hath abolished death, and hath made manifest life and immortality, by the gospel:

1:11  of which I am constituted a herald and a legate, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

1:12  Therefore I suffer these things: and I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is competent to keep for me my deposit against that day.

1:13  Let the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, abide with thee; with faith and love, in Jesus the Messiah.

1:14  Keep thou the good deposit, by the Holy Spirit who dwelleth in us.

1:15  This thou knowest, that all those in Asia have turned from me; and that among them are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

1:16  May our Lord bestow mercy on the house of Onesiphorus; for, many times, he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of the chains of my imprisonment.

1:17  But also, when he came to Rome, he sought for me with diligence, and found me.

1:18  May our Lord grant him, that he may find mercy with our Lord, in that day. And how he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou very well knowest.

Chapter 2

2:1  Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is by Jesus the Messiah.

2:2  And the things thou hast heard from me by many witnesses, these commit thou to faithful men, who are competent to teach others also.

2:3  And endure evils, as a good soldier of Jesus the Messiah.

2:4  No man, on becoming a soldier, entangleth himself with the business of the world; that he may please him who enlisted him.

2:5  And if one contend in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contendeth according to the rules.

2:6  The husbandman who laboreth, ought first to feed on his fruits.

2:7  Consider what I say. Our Lord give thee wisdom in all things.

2:8  Be mindful of Jesus the Messiah, that he arose from the dead; who was of the seed of David, according to my gospel,

2:9  in which I suffer evils unto bonds, as if an evil-doer: but the word of God is not in bonds.

2:10  Therefore I endure every thing, for the elect's sake; that they also may obtain life, in Jesus the Messiah, with eternal glory.

2:11  Faithful is the saying, For if we shall have died with him, we shall also live with him;

2:12  and, if we shall have suffered, we shall also reign with him. But if we shall have rejected him, he will reject us.

2:13  And if we shall have not believed in him, he abideth in his fidelity; for he cannot reject himself.

2:14  Of these things admonish thou them and charge them, before our Lord, that they dispute not, with unprofitable words, to the subversion of those who hear them.

2:15  And study to present thyself before God, perfectly, a laborer who is not ashamed, one who correctly announceth the word of truth.

2:16  Avoid vain discourses, in which there is no profit; for they very much add to the wickedness of those occupied with them.

2:17  And their discourse, like an eating cancer, will lay hold upon many. And one of these is Hymeneus, and another Philetus;

2:18  who have wandered from the truth, while they say, The resurrection of the dead hath passed: and they subvert the faith of some.

2:19  But the firm foundation of God standeth; and it hath this seal, The Lord knoweth them who are his: and, Let every one who invoketh the name of our Lord, stand aloof from iniquity.

2:20  But in a great house, there are not only vessels of gold or silver, but also of wood and of pottery; and some of them for honor, and some for dishonor.

2:21  If therefore any one purge himself from these things, he will be a pure vessel for honor, fit for the use of his Lord, and prepared for every good work.

2:22  Fly from all the lusts of youth; and follow after righteousness, and faith, and love, and peace, with them that invoke our Lord with a pure heart.

2:23  Avoid those foolish discussions which afford no instruction; for thou knowest, that they generate contests.

2:24  And a servant of our Lord ought not to contend, but to be mild towards every one, and instructive, and patient;

2:25  that with mildness he may enlighten those who dispute against him, if perhaps God may give them repentance, and they may acknowledge the truth,

2:26  and may recollect themselves, and may escape out of the snare of Satan, at whose pleasure they have been held ensnared.

Chapter 3

3:1  But this know thou, that in the latter days hard times will come:

3:2  and men will be lovers of themselves, and lovers of money, boasters, proud, censorious, unyielding towards their own people, denyers of grace, wicked,

3:3  calumniators, addicted to concupiscence, ferocious, haters of the good,

3:4  treacherous, rash, inflated, attached to pleasure more than to the love of God,

3:5  having a form of respect for God, but wide from the power of God. Them who are such, repel from thee.

3:6  For of them are they who creep into this and that house, and captivate the women who are plunged in sins and led away by divers lusts,

3:7  who are always learning, and can never come to the knowledge of the truth.

3:8  Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these withstand the truth: men whose mind is corrupted, and they reprobates from the faith.

3:9  But they will not make progress, for their infatuation will be understood by every one, as theirs also was understood.

3:10  But thou hast followed after my doctrine, and my manner of life, and my aims, and my faith, and my long suffering, and my love, and my patience,

3:11  and my persecution, and my sufferings. And thou knowest what I endured at Antioch, and at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecution I endured: and from all these my Lord delivered me.

3:12  And likewise all, who choose to live in the fear of God, in Jesus the Messiah, will be persecuted.

3:13  But evil and seducing men will add to their wickedness, while they deceive and are deceived.

3:14  But continue thou in the things thou hast learned and been assured of; for thou knowest from whom thou learnedst;

3:15  because from thy childhood, thou wast taught the holy books, which can make thee wise unto life, by faith in Jesus the Messiah.

3:16  All scripture that was written by the Spirit, is profitable for instruction, and for confutation, and for correction, and for erudition in righteousness;

3:17  that the man of God may become perfect, and complete for every good work.

Chapter 4

4:1  I charge thee, before God, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who is to judge the living and the dead, at the manifestation of his kingdom,

4:2  Proclaim the word; and persist in it with diligence, in time and out of time; admonish, and rebuke, with all patience and instructiveness.

4:3  For the time will come, when they will not give ear to sound teaching; but, according to their lusts, will multiply to themselves teachers, in the itching of their hearing;

4:4  and will turn away their ears from the truth, and incline after fables.

4:5  But be thou vigilant in all things; and endure evils, and do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill thy ministry.

4:6  But I am soon to be immolated; and the time of my dissolution hath come.

4:7  I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity;

4:8  and henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, with which my Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day; and not me only, but them also who love his manifestation.

4:9  Exert thyself to come to me quickly.

4:10  For Demas hath left me; and hath loved this world and gone away to Thessalonica; Crispus to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

4:11  Luke only is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is suitable for me, for ministration.

4:12  And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

4:13  And when thou comest, bring the bookcase, which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, but especially the roll of parchments.

4:14  Alexander the coppersmith showed me many ills: our Lord will reward him according to his doings.

4:15  And do thou also beware of him; for he is very insolent against our words.

4:16  At my first defence, no one was with me, but they all forsook me. Let not this be reckoned to them.

4:17  But my Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fulfilled; and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

4:18  And my Lord will rescue me from every evil work; and will give me life in his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

4:19  Present a salutation to Priscilla and Aquila, and to the household of Onesiphorus.

4:20  Erastus hath stopped at Corinth; and Trophimus I left sick at the city of Miletus.

4:21  Exert thyself to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

4:22  Our Lord Jesus the Messiah be with thy spirit. Grace be with thee. Amen.