| 1 | ¶ Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God?s will, according to promise of life, the {life} which {is} in Christ Jesus, | |
| 2 | to Timotheus, {my} beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God {the} Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord. | |
| 3 | 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, | |
| 4 | earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; | |
| 5 | calling to mind the unfeigned faith which {has been} in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also. | |
| 6 | ¶ For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. | |
| 7 | For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion. | |
| 8 | Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God; | |
| 9 | who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to {his} own purpose and grace, which {was} given to us in Christ Jesus before {the} ages of time, | |
| 10 | but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings; | |
| 11 | to which *I* have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of {the} nations. | |
| 12 | For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him. | |
| 13 | Have an outline of sound words, which {words} thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which {are} in Christ Jesus. | |
| 14 | Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted. | |
| 15 map | ¶ Thou knowest this, that all who {are} in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me. | |
| 16 | The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain; | |
| 17 map | but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found {me} - | |
| 18 map | 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. | |