{"book":"2 Timothy","slug":"2-timothy","ch":1,"genre":"letter","sub":"2 Timothy","prev":"1-timothy/6","next":"2-timothy/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by [the] will of God, according to [the] promise of life in Christ Jesus,","f":[],"h":"Paul’s Greeting to Timothy","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"To Timothy, [my] beloved child: Grace, mercy, [and] peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"To Timothy, [my] beloved child:"},{"style":"reg","t":"Grace, mercy, [and] peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did [my] forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.","f":[],"h":"Faithfulness under Persecution","style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced [is] in you as well.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"For God {has} not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.","f":["Or timidity or cowardice"]},{"v":8,"t":"So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, [or] of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by [the] power of God.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"[He] has saved us and called [us] to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and [by the] grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.","f":["Literally before times eternal"]},{"v":10,"t":"And now He has revealed [this grace] through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, [who] has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"to which I was appointed [as] a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"For this reason, even [though] I suffer [as I do], I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted [to Him] for that day.","f":["Or what He has entrusted to me"],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Hold on [to the] pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with [the] faith and love that [are] in Christ Jesus.","f":["Literally sound words"],"h":"Holding to Sound Teaching","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"Guard the treasure entrusted [to you], with the help of [the] Holy Spirit who dwells in us.","f":["Or the good deposit entrusted to you"]},{"v":15,"t":"You know that everyone in [the province of] Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.","f":["Literally in Asia; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey."],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"{May} the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently [until] he found me.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"{May} the Lord grant [Onesiphorus] [His] mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered [to me] in Ephesus.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}