Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the ^apromise 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 ^aconscience, 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 Lois, and thy mother ^aEunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou ^astir up the ^bgift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my ^chands.

 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of ^afear; but of ^bpower, and of ^clove, and of a sound mind.

 8 Be not thou therefore ^aashamed of the ^btestimony 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 ^acalling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and ^bgrace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

 10 But is now made ^amanifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished ^bdeath, and hath brought ^clife and ^dimmortality to light through the gospel:

 11 Whereunto I am ^aappointed a preacher, and an ^bapostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.