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

to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord!

I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day,

For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

and was made manifest now through the manifestation of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who indeed did abolish death, and did enlighten life and immortality through the good news,

the good thing committed guard thou through the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us;

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, 'The Lord hath known those who are His,' and 'Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

every Writing is God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that is in righteousness,

that the man of God may be fitted -- for every good work having been completed.

I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign --

And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,