2 Timothy 1:3-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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,