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

1:2  To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

1:3  I am grateful to God—Whom I have been serving from the days of my forefathers with a pure conscience—because I never fail to remember you in my supplications night and day.

1:4  As I recall your tears, I am longing to see you, so that I may be filled with joy;

1:5  When I remember the unfeigned faith that is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice—and I am convinced that it dwells in you also.

1:6  For this reason, I admonish you to stir up the gift of God that is in you by the laying on of my hands.

1:7  For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of sound-mindedness.

1:8  Therefore, you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner; but jointly suffer with me for the sake of the gospel, according to the power of God,

1:9  Who 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 us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time;

1:10  But has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, Who has annulled death, and has brought to light eternal life and incorruptibility through the gospel

1:11  Unto which I was ordained a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles;

1:12  For which cause I am also suffering these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed. For I know Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He has the power to keep what I have committed to Him for that day.

1:13  Hold as the standard for doctrine the sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

1:14  Guard the good thing that was committed to you by the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us.

1:15  You know this, that all those who are in Asia have rejected me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

1:16  May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus because he frequently refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

1:17  For when he was in Rome, he searched for me very diligently and found me.

1:18  May the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day and how much he served me in Ephesus, you know very well.