2 Timothy, 1

1. From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God in accordance with his promise of life in Christ Jesus,

1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

2. to Timothy, dear son of mine. Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

3. Night and day I thank God whom I serve with a pure conscience as my ancestors did. I remember you in my prayers constantly night and day;

3. I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.

4. I remember your tears and long to see you again to complete my joy.

4. As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

5. I also remember your sincere faith, a faith which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure dwells also in you.

5. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lo'is and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you.

6. That is why I am reminding you now to fan into a flame the gift of God that you possess through the laying on of my hands.

6. Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands;

7. God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power and love and self-control.

7. for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

8. So you are never to be ashamed of witnessing to our Lord, or ashamed of me for being his prisoner; but share in my hardships for the sake of the gospel, relying on the power of God

8. Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God,

9. who has saved us and called us to be holy -- not because of anything we ourselves had done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time,

9. who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago,

10. but it has been revealed only by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus. He has abolished death, and he has brought to light immortality and life through the gospel,

10. and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

11. in whose service I have been made herald, apostle and teacher.

11. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

12. That is why I am experiencing my present sufferings; but I am not ashamed, because I know in whom I have put my trust, and I have no doubt at all that he is able to safeguard until that Day what I have entrusted to him.

12. and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

13. Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

13. Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus;

14. With the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, look after that precious thing given in trust.

14. guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.

15. As you know, Phygelus and Hermogenes and all the others in Asia have deserted me.

15. You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, and among them Phy'gelus and Hermog'enes.

16. I hope the Lord will be kind to all the family of Onesiphorus, because he has often been a comfort to me and has never been ashamed of my chains.

16. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiph'orus, for he often refreshed me; he was not ashamed of my chains,

17. On the contrary, as soon as he reached Rome, he searched hard for me and found me.

17. but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me --

18. May the Lord grant him to find the Lord's mercy on that Day. You know better than anyone else how much he helped me at Ephesus.

18. may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day -- and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.