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title: 2 Timothy 1
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createdAt: 2024-09-11T02:45:40.380Z
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**1 **Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

**2 **To Timothy, *my* dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, *and* peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

**3 **I thank God, whom I serve from *my* forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; **4 **Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; **5 **When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

**6 **Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. **7 **For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

**8 **Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; **9 **Who hath saved us, and called *us* with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, **10 **But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: **11 **Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. **12 **For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

**13 **Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. **14 **That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

**15** This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. **16 **The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: **17 **But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found *me*. **18 **The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.