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¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God, - according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus; - ² Unto Timothy, my beloved child: Favour, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.³ Grateful, am I, unto God, - unto whom I am rendering divine service from my progenitors in a pure conscience, that, incessant, hold I the remembrance, concerning thee, in my supplications; day and night,⁴ longing to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, - in order that, with joy, I may be filled:⁵ A reminder, having received, of the unfeigned faith, that is in thee, - such, as dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, - I am persuaded, moreover, that it dwelleth , in thee also.

⁶ For which cause, I put thee in remembrance, to be stirring up God's gift of favour, which is in thee through means of the laying on of my hands;⁷ For God hath not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and love, and correction.⁸ Be not thou, therefore, put to shame - with regard to the witness of our Lord, nor with regard to me his prisoner; but suffer hardship together with the glad-message according to the power of God, - ⁹ Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to the peculiar purpose and favour - which was given to us in Christ Jesus before age-during times,¹⁰ But hath now been made manifest through means of the forthshining of our Saviour Christ Jesus, - Who, indeed, hath abolished death, and hath thrown light upon life and incorruptibility, through means of the glad-message: ¹¹ Whereunto, I, have been appointed herald and apostle and teacher;¹² For which cause, these things also, am I suffering; nevertheless I am not being put to shame, for I know him whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is, able, to guard, that which I have entrusted, to him unto, that, day.¹³ An outline, have thou, of healthful discourses which from me thou hast heard - with the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus:¹⁴ The noble thing entrusted to thee , do thou guard, through means of the Holy Spirit which dwelleth within us.

¹⁵ Thou knowest this - that all they who are in Asia have turned away from me, - of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.¹⁶ The Lord grant mercy unto the house, of Onesiphorus, in that, ofttimes, hath he refreshed me, and, as regardeth my chain, hath not been put to shame,¹⁷ But, happening to be in Rome, he diligently sought out and found me, - ¹⁸ The Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in, that, day; - and, how many times, in Ephesus, he hath ministered, better art, thou, getting to know.