2 Timothy
Reading 2 Timothy in the Darby Bible, public-domain text from 1890.
Opening Verses
1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ byGod's will, according to promise of life, the [life] which [is] in Christ Jesus,
2 to Timotheus, [my] beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, fromGod [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I am thankful toGod, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,
4 earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5 calling to mind the unfeigned faith which [has been] in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.
6 For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift ofGod which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7 ForGod has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.
8 Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power ofGod;
9 who has saved us, and has 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 [the] ages of time,
10 but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings;
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