PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of life, which is in Christ Jesus,

to Timothy my beloved son; grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the custom of my forefathers, that, without ceasing, I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day,

Wherefore I exhort you to kindle up the gift of God that is in you by the laying on of my hands.

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Be not, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner: but jointly suffer evil in the gospel according to the power of God,

That good thing which was intrusted to you, keep by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us.

Do you, there fore, suffer evil, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

in which I suffer evil, as an evil-doer, even to bonds: but the word of God is not bound.

Strive to present yourself to God as approved, a workman that has no cause to be ashamed, rightly setting forth the word of truth.

But the foundation of God stands firm, having this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his; and, Let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

If, therefore, any one will cleanse him self from these strifes about words, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, highly useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth,

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, haters of those who are good,

traitors, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God,

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished for every good work.

I charge you, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom,

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith: