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¹ PAULOS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha by the will of Aloha, and on account of the promise of life which is in Jeshu Meshiha,² to Timotheos my beloved son: grace and mercies and peace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.³ I thank Aloha, whom I serve from my fathers with a pure conscience, that constantly I remember thee in my prayers of the night and of the day;⁴ and have longed to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:⁵ in remembrance of thee (and) of thy true faith which dwelt first in the mother of thy mother Lois, and in thy mother Eunika, and which, I am persuaded, (is) in thee also.

⁶ On account of this I put thee in mind to keep awake the gift of Aloha, which is in thee by the laying on of my hands.⁷ 7 For Aloha hath not given to us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of discipline [fn] ⁸ Wherefore be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but sustain evil with the gospel, through the power of Aloha,⁹ who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his will, and that grace of his which was given to us in Jeshu Meshiha before the time of the worlds,¹⁰ and is now revealed by the revelation of our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, who hath abolished death, and hath demonstrated life and incorruption, through the gospel,¹¹ of which I am appointed an herald and an apostle and a teacher of the nations:¹² on account of which I suffer these, and am not ashamed. I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that there is power in his hands my deposite to keep for me unto that day.¹³ 13 Let the outline [fn] of sound words be with thee, which thou hast heard from me, with the faith and love which are in Jeshu Meshiha: ¹⁴ that good deposite keep through the Spirit of Holiness who dwelleth in us.

¹⁵ Know this, that all those of Asia are turned from me, of whom are Phygellos and Harmogenes.¹⁶ Our Lord give mercies to the house of Onesiphoros, who many times hath refreshed me, and of the chains of my bonds hath not been ashamed.¹⁷ But when also he came to Ruma, with diligence he sought me, and found me.¹⁸ Our Lord grant that he may find mercies with our Lord in that day: and how he ministered to me in Ephesos thou especially knowest.