Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God’s will according to promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
to Timotheus [my] beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
I thank God whom I serve from [my] forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications,
night and day longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy,
calling to mind the unfeigned faith that [is] in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in thee also.
For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands.
For God gave us not a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and love, and sobriety of mind.
Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer hardship with the gospel, according to the power of God,
who saved us, and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times everlasting,
but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel,
whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher [of Gentiles].
For which cause also I suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed; and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted against that day.
Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou heardest from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
The good thing entrusted keep through [the] Holy Spirit that dwelleth in us.
Thou knowest this, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom is Phygelus and Hermogenes.
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;
but being in Rome he sought me out diligently and found [me];
(the Lord grant him to find mercy from [the] Lord in that day.) And in how many things he ministered at Ephesus thou knowest very well.