 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
 1:2  To Timothy, [my] dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, [and]
peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
 1:3  I thank God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with 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  Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the
gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of
power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
 1:8  Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our
Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the
afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
 1:9  Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling,
not according to our works, but according to his own purpose
and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world
began,
 1:10  But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour
Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life
and immortality to light through the gospel:
 1:11  Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and
a teacher of the Gentiles.
 1:12  For the 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 love which is in Christ Jesus.
 1:14  That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by
the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
 1:15  This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be
turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
 1:16  The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for
he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
 1:17  But, 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.
