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.
7. For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.
8. So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.