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

I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,

Thou knowest this, that all who are in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me.

the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that day and how much service he rendered in Ephesus thou knowest best.

Remember Jesus Christ raised from among the dead, of the seed of David, according to my glad tidings,

Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity.

If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, in separating himself from them, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.

having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away.

and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.

The Lord shall deliver me from every wicked work, and shall preserve me for his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen.