2 Timothy 1

1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God, —according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus; —

2 to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

Unto Timothy, my beloved child: Favour, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,

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 desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,

longing to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, —in order that, with joy, I may be filled:

5 calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.

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 Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands.

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 has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.

For God hath not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and love, and correction.

8 And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God,

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 has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time. (aiōnios g166)

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, (aiōnios g166)

10 And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel.

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 Of this Gospel, I have been appointed a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Whereunto, I, have been appointed herald and apostle and teacher;

12 For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day.

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 Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

An outline, have thou, of healthful discourses which from me thou hast heard—with the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus:

14 Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.

The noble thing entrusted [to thee], do thou guard, through means of the Holy Spirit which dwelleth within us.

15 Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.

Thou knowest this—that all they who are in Asia have turned away from me, —of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

16 May the Lord have mercy on the house of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me, and he has not been ashamed of my chains.

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 Instead, when he had arrived in Rome, he anxiously sought me and found me.

But, happening to be in Rome, he diligently sought out and found me, —

18 May the Lord grant to him to obtain mercy from the Lord in that day. And you know well in how many ways he has ministered to me at Ephesus.

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.