2. To Timothy, my dear son:May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.
3. I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did. I thank him as I remember you always in my prayers night and day.
4. I remember your tears, and I want to see you very much, so that I may be filled with joy.
5. I remember the sincere faith you have, the kind of faith that your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice also had. I am sure that you have it also.