2Timothy:1

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* Paul , an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God , according to the promise of life which [is ] in Christ Jesus , * To Timothy , [my ]beloved son : Grace , mercy , and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord . * I give thanks to God , whom I serve with a pure conscience , as my forefathers did , how unceasingly I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day , * longing to see you , having recalled your tears , that I may be filled with joy , * taking recollection of the genuine faith [that is ] in you , which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice , and I am persuaded is in you also . * For which cause I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands . * For God has not given us a spirit of fear , but of power and of love and of a sound mind . * Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord , nor of me His prisoner , but endure hardship with the gospel according to the power of God , * who having saved us , and having called us with a holy calling , not according to our works , but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time [itself ], * but has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Jesus Christ , having abolished death on the one hand , [and ] having brought to life immortality through the gospel on the other , * to which I was appointed a herald and apostle , and a teacher of the Gentiles . * For which cause I also suffer these things ; but I am not ashamed , for I know whom I have believed , and I have been persuaded that He is able to guard that which I have committed to Him until that Day . * Hold to the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me , in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus . * That good thing which was committed to you , guard by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us . * This you know , that all those in Asia have turned away from me , of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes . * May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus , because he often refreshed me , and he was not ashamed of my chain ; * but when he arrived in Rome , he more diligently sought me out and found [me ]. * May the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day-and you very well know how many ways he served in Ephesus .

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