2 Timothy 1:1-10 ▼

1 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, appointed by God to declare the promise, which Jesus Christ has made of eternal life;

2 to Timothy, my dear son, grace, mercy and peace from God the father, and from Jesus Christ our Lord.

3 When I remember you, as I continually do in my prayers night and day, I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the example of my fore-fathers.

4 when I call to mind your affliction, it makes me ardently desire the exceeding pleasure I shall have in seeing you:

5 especially when I reflect upon the sincerity of your faith, and the attachment your grand-mother Lois first show'd, and then your mother Eunice, examples which I am persuaded you will follow.

6 For which reason I remind you to exert the divine gifts you received, when I gave you the imposition of hands.

7 for the spirit, which God has given us, is not a spirit of timidity, but of fortitude, of benevolence, and of moderation.

8 be not therefore asham'd of the testimony of the Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner upon his account, but share with me in the afflictions, which attend the gospel, supported as you are by the power of God,

9 who has saved us, and by the gospel hath called us to holiness, not in consideration of our works, but in pursuance of his own resolution, and the favour, which having been promised us by Jesus Christ several ages ago,

10 has now been display'd by the coming of Jesus Christ our saviour, who has defeated the power of death, by bringing a life of immortality to light thro' the gospel.