2 Timothy
Reading 2 Timothy in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible, public-domain text from 1899.
Opening Verses
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 from Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with a pure conscience, that without ceasing I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day.
4 Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:
5 Calling to mind that faith which is in thee unfeigned, which also dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and in thy mother Eunice, and I am certain that in thee also.
6 For which cause I admonish thee that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power and of love and of sobriety.
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but labour with the gospel, according to the power of God.
9 Who hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not according to our own works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world:
10 But is now made manifest by the illumination of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath destroyed death and hath brought to light life and incorruption by the gospel.
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