2 TIMOTHY Chapter 1 - Encouragement To Be Faithful

Encouragement To Be Faithful

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the Will of God,

According to the Promise of Life

That is in Christ Jesus,

2 To Timothy, my dear son:

Grace, Mercy and Peace from God the Father

And Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I thank God, Whom I serve, as my forefathers did,

With a Clear Conscience,

As night and day

I constantly remember you in my Prayers.

4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you,

So that I may be filled with joy.

5 I have been reminded of your Sincere Faith,

Which first lived in your grandmother Lois

And in your mother Eunice

and, I am Persuaded, not lives in you also.

6 FOR THIS REASON I REMIND YOU

TO FAN INTO FLAME THE GIFT OF GOD,

WHICH IS IN YOU THROUGH THE LAYING ON OF MY HANDS.

7 FOR GOD DID NOT GIVE US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY,

BUT OF POWER, OF LOVE AND OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.

8 So do not be Ashamed to Testify about our Lord,

Or Ashamed of me His Prisoner.

BUT JOIN WITH ME IN SUFFERING FOR THE GOSPEL,

BY THE POWER OF GOD,

WHO HAS SAVED US AND CALLED US TO A HOLY LIFE--

Not because of anything we have done

BUT BECAUSE OF HIS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE.

THIS GRACE AS GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS

BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME,

But now has been Revealed

Through the Appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus,

WHO HAS DESTROYED DEATH

AND HAS BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT

THROUGH THE GOSPEL.

11 And of this Gospel I was appointed a Herald

And an Apostle and a Teacher.

12 THAT IS WHY I AM SUFFERING AS I AM.

Yet I am not Ashamed,

Because I know whom I have believed,

And am Convinced

That He is able to Guard what I have Entrusted to Him

FOR THAT DAY.

13 What you heard from me,

Keep as the Pattern of Sound Teaching,

With Faith and Love In Christ Jesus.

14 GUARD THE GOOD DEPOSIT

THAT WAS ENTRUSTED TO YOU--

GUARD IT WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

WHO LIVE IN US.

15 You know that everyone in the Province of Asia

Has Deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermongenes.

16 May the Lord show Mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,

Because he often Refreshed me

And was not Ashamed of my Chains.

17 On the Contrary,

When he was in Rome, he searched hard for me

Until he found me.

18 May the Lord grant that he will find Mercy from the Lord

ON THAT DAY!

You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.

(2 Timothy 1)