2 Timothy

Greeting and Thanksgiving

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, for the promise of eternal life in Christ Jesus,

to my dear child Timothy: May grace, mercy, and peace be yours from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers day and night. 

I recall your tears and long to see you again so that I may be filled with joy. 

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it also lives in you.

Faithful to the Good News

Therefore, I urge you to rekindle the gift of God you received through the imposition of my hands.

For God did not give us a spirit of fear but of power, love, and self-control. 

Do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord or to see me in chains. Instead, do your part in working for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. 

He saved us and called us to a holy life, not based on our works but according to his own purpose and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began. 

This calling has now been revealed through the glorious appearing of Christ Jesus, our Lord, who overcame death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 

Of this message, I was made a herald, an apostle, and a teacher. 

For this reason, I am enduring this hardship, but I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed in, and I am convinced that he is capable of protecting all I have entrusted to him until that day. 

Follow the pattern of sound doctrine that you heard from me concerning faith and love in Christ Jesus. 

Protect this valuable deposit through the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.

You must know that those from Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 

May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus because he often comforted me and was not ashamed when he learned I was in prison. 

On the contrary, when he arrived in Rome, he showed courage, searched for me, and found me. 

May the Lord grant that he finds mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well the services he rendered in Ephesus.