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

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

I thank God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a pure conscience, that I mention you incessantly in my prayers night and day,

For which cause I admonish you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the imposition of my hands.

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

Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but endure affliction with us in the gospel according to the power of God,

Guard the good trust, through the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.

Endure evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

in which I suffer even to chains as an evil doer; but the word of God is not bound.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a workman that will not be put to shame, rightly dividing the word of truth.

But the foundation of God stands firm, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from wickedness.

if therefore any one purifies himself from these [errors], he shall be a vessel for honor, sanctified, of good use to the master, prepared for every good work.

in meekness correcting the adversaries, that God may give them a change of mind to a knowledge of the truth,

without natural affection, covenant breakers, slanderers, intemperate, ungentle, despisers of the good,

traitors, rash, boasters, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly fitted for every good work.

I earnestly charge you before God and Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and dead, and [by] his appearing and his kingdom,

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