Thematic Bible

2 Timothy 1:1

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

2 Timothy 1:2

to Timothy, [my] dear child. Grace, mercy, [and] peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 1:3

{I am thankful} to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience {as my ancestors did}, when {I remember you constantly} in my prayers night and day,

2 Timothy 1:4

longing to see you [as I] remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,

2 Timothy 1:5

{remembering the} sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that [is] in you also,

2 Timothy 1:6

for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.

2 Timothy 1:8

Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with [me] for the gospel, according to the power of God,

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus {before time began},

2 Timothy 1:10

but has now been disclosed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought to light life and immortality through the gospel,

2 Timothy 1:11

for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle and a teacher,

2 Timothy 1:12

for which reason also I suffer these [things]. But [I am] not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard [what] I have entrusted until that day.

2 Timothy 1:13

Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love [that are] in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:14

Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

2 Timothy 1:15

You know this, that all those in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he refreshed me many times, and was not ashamed of my imprisonment,

2 Timothy 1:17

but [when he] was in Rome, he diligently sought me and found [me].

2 Timothy 1:18

May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! And how much he served [me] in Ephesus you know very well.