1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
2. to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day
4. longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5. having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
6. For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7. For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.