1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, for the promise of life in Christ Jesus:
2. To Timothy, my dearly loved son.Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.
4. Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy,
5. clearly recalling your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois, then in your mother Eunice, and that I am convinced is in you also.
6. Therefore, I remind you to keep ablaze the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.