2 Timothy 1:8-18 - Exhortation To Share Paul's Suffering

⁸ be not therefore asham'd of the testimony of the Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner upon his account. but share with me in the afflictions, which attend the gospel, supported as you are by the power of God,

⁹ who has saved us, and by the gospel hath called us to holiness, not in consideration of our works, but in pursuance of his own resolution, and the favour, which having been promised us by Jesus Christ several ages ago, ¹⁰ has now been display'd by the coming of Jesus Christ our saviour, who has defeated the power of death, by bringing a life of immortality to light thro' the gospel.

¹¹ For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer. ¹² yet I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have confided, and I am persuaded he is able to keep what I have committed to him against that day.

¹³ Keep that form of sound doctrine you receiv'd from me, which consists in christian faith and charity: ¹⁴ that valuable depositum do you preserve by the holy spirit, which resides in us. ¹⁵ You know that I have been abandon'd by all the Asiatics, by Phygellus and Hermogenes among the rest. ¹⁶ the Lord be favourable to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often reliev'd me, and was not asham'd of my chains: ¹⁷ but when he was at Rome, he enquired for me very diligently, and found me. ¹⁸ the Lord grant he may obtain mercy from him in that day, for you know very well what services de did me at Ephesus.