2 Timothy 1

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1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,	1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
2 to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.	2 to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,	3 I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscienceas my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.
4 desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,	4 I yearn to see you again, recalling your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,
5 calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.	5 as I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and that I am confident lives also in you.
6 Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands.	6 For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands.
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.	7 For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.
8 And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God,	8 So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.
9 who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time.	9 He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to his own design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began,
10 And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel.	10 but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
11 Of this Gospel, I have been appointed a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.	11 for which I was appointed preacher and apostle and teacher.
12 For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day.	12 On this account I am suffering these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know him in whom I have believed and am confident that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.
13 Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.	13 Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14 Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.	14 Guard this rich trust with the help of the holy Spirit that dwells within us.
15 Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.	15 You know that everyone in Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 May the Lord have mercy on the house of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me, and he has not been ashamed of my chains.	16 May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus because he often gave me new heart and was not ashamed of my chains.
17 Instead, when he had arrived in Rome, he anxiously sought me and found me.	17 But when he came to Rome, he promptly searched for me and found me.
18 May the Lord grant to him to obtain mercy from the Lord in that day. And you know well in how many ways he has ministered to me at Ephesus.	18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well the services he rendered in Ephesus.