To Timothy, my dearly loved son.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy,

He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

Therefore, I remind you to keep ablaze the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.

For this gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher,

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from Him on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.

This you know: All those in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he diligently searched for me and found me.

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

clearly recalling your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois, then in your mother Eunice, and that I am convinced is in you also.

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

This has now been made evident
through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus,
who has abolished death
and has brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel.

Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, that good thing entrusted to you.