Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Second Timothy:
Chapter 1
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 Lo-is, and thy mother Eu-ni-ce; 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 Phy-gel-lus and Her-mog-e-nes.
16. The Lord give mercy unto the house of O-nes-iph-o-rus; 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.
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