2 Timothy 1:1-14 ▼

1 Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God, according to the promise of lyfe, which is in Christ Iesus,

2 To Timothie a beloued sonne: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the father, and Christe Iesus our Lorde.

3 I thanke God whom I worshippe from my forefathers in pure conscience, that without ceassyng I haue remembrauce of thee in my prayers night & day

4 Desiryng to see thee, myndefull of thy teares: that I may be fylled with ioy.

5 When I call to remembraunce the vnfaigned fayth that is in thee, whiche dwelt first in thy graundmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunica: and I am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.

6 Wherfore I put thee in remebraunce that thou stirre vp the gyft of God, which is in thee by the puttyng on of my handes.

7 For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of a sounde mynde.

8 Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lorde, neither of me his prisoner: but suffer thou aduersitie with the Gospell, accordyng to the power of God,

9 Who hath saued vs, & called vs with an holy callyng, not accordyng to our workes: but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus, before the world began:

10 But is nowe made manifest by the appearyng of our sauiour Iesus Christ, who hath put away death, and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell:

11 Wherunto I am appoynted, a preacher and Apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles:

12 For the which cause I also suffer these thynges. Neuerthelesse, I am not ashamed: For I knowe whom I haue beleued, and I am perswaded that he is able to kepe that which I haue committed to hym, agaynst that day.

13 See thou haue the paterne of wholesome wordes, which thou hast hearde of me in fayth & loue, that is in Christe Iesus.

14 That good thyng which was committed to thy keping, holde fast through the holy ghost which dwelleth in vs.