The Second Epistle of Paul, the Apostle, to TIMOTHY CHAPTER I

[1 Paul's love to Timothy: 6 he exhorteth him to stir up the gift of God, 
  8 and not to be ashamed of the gospel of Christ.]

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of 
God, according to the promise of life which is 
in Christ Jesus, 
2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, 
mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ 
Jesus our Lord. 
3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers 
with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have 
remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of 
thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 
5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned 
faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother
Lois, and thy mother  Eunice; and I am persuaded
that in thee also. 
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that 
thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by 
the putting on of my hands. 
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; 
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony 
of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be 
thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according 
to the power of God;
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy 
calling, not according to our works, but according 
to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in 
Christ Jesus before the world began;
10 But is now made manifest by the appearing 
of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished
death, and hath brought life and immortality to 
light through the gospel:
11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and 
an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 
12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: 
nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom 
I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able 
to keep that which I have committed unto him 
against that day. 
13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which 
thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in 
Christ Jesus. 
14 That good thing which was committed unto 
thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. 
15 This thou knowest, that all they which are 
in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are 
Phygellus and Hermogenes. 
16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; 
for he oft refreshed me, and was not 
ashamed of my chain:
17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out 
very diligently, and found me. 
18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find 
mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many
things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou 
knowest very well.