1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2. to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day,
4. longing to see you as I remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,
5. remembering the sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that is in you also,
6. for which reason I remind you to rekindle 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 cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.
8. Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with me for the gospel, according to the power of God,