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

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

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

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

You therefore must share in hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News,

in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word is not chained.

Remind them of these things, charging them in the presence of God, that they do not argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

Do your best to present yourself approved by God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, hateful of good,

traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

I command you therefore before God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his Kingdom:

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.