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The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy , Chapter 1 . I , Paul , am writing this letter . I am an apostle of Christ Jesus , just as God planned . He sent me to tell about the promise of life found in Christ Jesus . Timothy , I am sending you this letter . You are my dear son . May God , the Father and Christ Jesus , our Lord , give you grace , mercy and peace .
I thank God , whom I serve , as did our people long ago . I serve God , knowing that what I have done is right , night and day . I thank God for you that what I have done is right , night and day . I thank God for you , night and day . I always remember you in my prayers . I remember your tears . I long to see you so that I can be filled with joy .
I remember your honest and true faith . It was alive first in your grandmother , Lois , and in your mother , Eunice , and I am certain that it is now alive in you also . This is why I remind you to help God's gift grow . Just as a small spark grows into a fire , God put his gift in you .
When I placed my hands on you , God gave us his spirit , and the spirit doesn't make us weak and fearful . Instead , the spirit gives us power and love . He helps us control ourselves . So don't be ashamed of the message above our Lord and don't be ashamed of me , his prisoner . Instead , join with me as I suffer for the good news .
God's power will help us do that . God has saved us . He has chosen us to live a holy life . It wasn't because of anything we have done . It was because of His own purpose and grace . Through Christ Jesus , god gave us this grace even before time began . Through Christ Jesus , god gave us this grace even before time began .
It has now been made known through the coming of our Savior , Christ Jesus . He has broken the power of death because of the Good News . He has brought life out into the light that life never dies . I was appointed to announce the good news . I was appointed to be an apostle and a teacher .
That's why I'm suffering the way I am , but this gives me no reason to be ashamed . That's because I know who I have believed in . I am sure he is able to take care of what I have given him . I can trust him with it until the day he returns as judge . Follow what you heard from me as the pattern of true teaching .
Follow it with faith and love because you belong to Christ Jesus . Guard the truth of the good news that you were trusted with . Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us . You know that all the believers in Asia Minor have deserted me . They include Vigilus and Hermogenes . May the Lord show mercy to all who live in the house of Onesiphorus .
He often encouraged me . He was not ashamed that I was being held by chains . In fact , it was just the opposite . When he was in Rome , he looked everywhere for me . At last he found me . May Onesiphorus find mercy from the Lord on the day Jesus returns as judge . You know very well how many ways Onesiphorus helped me in Ephesus .