¹From Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, ²to Timothy, beloved child, grace, mercy and peace from God the father and Christ Jesus our Lord. ³I thank God, whom I serve following my forebears with a clear conscience when I ceaselessly remember you in my supplications night and day, ⁴longing to see you, remembering your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, ⁵as I recall the unfeigned faith which is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, also in you. ⁶And for this reason I remind you to rekindle the gracious gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands, ⁷for God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and moderation. ⁸So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord nor of me his prisoner, but partake of the suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, ⁹who has saved us and 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 durations of the ages, ¹⁰but which has now been made manifest through the appearing of our saviour Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and indefectibility to light through the gospel, ¹¹for the cause of which I have been appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher of the Gentiles. ¹²And for this reason I suffer these things too, but I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep my entrusted deposit up to that day. ¹³Hold on to the model of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith, and love which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴Guard the good entrusted deposit through the holy spirit dwelling in us. ¹⁵You know this, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain, ¹⁷but when he arrived in Rome, he sought me very diligently and found me. ¹⁸May the Lord let him find mercy from the Lord on that day. You also know very well in how many ways he ministered in Ephesus.