2 Timothy to Timothy, a beloved son, be favour, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ² to Timothy, a beloved son, be favour, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord. ³ I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I have so uninterruptedly the remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day, ⁴ earnestly desiring [when I call to mind thy tears] to see thee that I may be filled with joy, ⁵ recollecting that unfeigned belief in thee, which dwelt first in thy grand mother Lois and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in thee also: ⁶ for which cause I remind thee to kindle up that gift of God which is in thee by the laying on of my hands. ⁷ For God hath not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and love, and a sound mind. ⁸ Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner on his account; but share with me in affliction for the glad tidings, according to the power of God, ⁹ who hath saved us, and called us with a holy invitation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and the favour which was granted to us in Christ Jesus, before the times composed of ages, ¹⁰ and which hath now been manifested by the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath put a stop to the operations of death, and hath brought life and incorruption to light by the glad tidings, ¹¹ for which I have been appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of nations. ¹² For which cause also I suffer these things, but am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have trusted, and am persuaded, that he is able to keep that which I have deposited with him till that day. ¹³ Use the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, with faith and the love in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ Keep that good deposit by means of a holy spirit which dwelleth in us. This thou knowest, ¹⁵ that all the Asiatics have withdrawn from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes' ¹⁶ The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of this chain of mine; ¹⁷ but when he was at Rome, sought me out diligently and found me. ¹⁸ The Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! Indeed, on how many occasions he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou thyself knowest very well.