Paul’s Greeting to Timothy
(1 Timothy 1:1–2)

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus† by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, 2To Timothy, my beloved child:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Faithfulness under Persecution
(Matthew 10:16–25)

3I have gratitude to God, whom I serve from the forefathers with a pure conscience, as I have unceasing remembrance of you in my prayers night and day, 4longing to see you, recalling your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, 5having taken remembrance of the unfeigned faith in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that it is in you also.

6Because of this reason, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity,† but of power and of love and of self-control.

8Therefore you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, His prisoner; but suffer together for the gospel according to the power of God, 9the One having saved us and having called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace, having been given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,† 10and now having been made manifest through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus,† having indeed abolished death and having brought to light life and immortality through the gospel, 11to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.†

12Because of this reason I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard my deposit entrusted† for that day.

Holding to Sound Teaching

13Hold the pattern of sound words,† which you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14Guard the good deposit entrusted† by the Holy Spirit, the One dwelling in us.

15You know this, that all those in Asia† turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

16May the Lord give mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he refreshed me often, and he was not ashamed of my chain. 17But being in Rome, he earnestly sought me† and found me.

18May the Lord give to him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! And you know very well how much he served in Ephesus.

Footnotes:

1 RP, F35, and TR of Jesus Christ
7 Or fear or cowardice
9 Or before time began
10 BYZ and TR Jesus Christ
11 BYZ and TR include of the Gentiles.
12 Or what He has entrusted to me
13 Or sound teaching
14 Or the treasure entrusted
15 Or in the province of Asia
17 BYZ and TR he searched very diligently for me