2 Timothy 1

¹Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

²To Timothy, my well-loved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

³I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day

⁴Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

⁵Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.

⁶For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

⁷For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

⁸Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

⁹Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

¹⁰But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,

¹¹Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

¹²And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.