Guard the Treasure Entrusted to You

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle of ^(B)Christ Jesus ^[a](C)by the will of God, according to the promise of ^(D)life in Christ Jesus,

² To ^(E)Timothy, my beloved ^(F)child: ^(G)Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

^3 (H)I am grateful to God, whom I ^(I)serve with a ^(J)clear conscience ^[b]the way my forefathers did, ^(K)as I unceasingly remember you in my ^[c]prayers night and day, ^4 (L)longing to see you, ^(M)having remembered your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, ^5 [d]being reminded of the ^(N)unhypocritical faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and ^(O)your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it is in you as well. ⁶ For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh ^(P)the gift of God which is in you through ^(Q)the laying on of my hands. ⁷ For God has not given us a ^(R)spirit of ^[e]timidity, but of power and love and ^[f]self-discipline.

⁸ Therefore ^(S)do not be ashamed of either the ^(T)witness about our Lord or me ^(U)His prisoner, but join with me in ^(V)suffering for the ^(W)gospel according to the power of God, ⁹ who has ^(X)saved us and ^(Y)called us with a holy ^(Z)calling, ^(AA)not according to our works, but according to His own ^(AB)purpose and grace which was given to us in ^(AC)Christ Jesus from ^(AD)all eternity, ¹⁰ but ^(AE)now has been manifested by the ^(AF)appearing of our Savior ^(AG)Christ Jesus, who ^(AH)abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, ^11 (AI)for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher. ¹² For this reason I also suffer these things, but ^(AJ)I am not ashamed; for I know ^(AK)whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to ^(AL)guard what I have entrusted to Him ^[g]until ^(AM)that day. ^13 [h](AN)Hold to the ^(AO)standard of ^(AP)sound words ^(AQ)which you have heard from me, in the ^(AR)faith and love which are in ^(AS)Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ Guard, through the Holy Spirit who ^(AT)dwells in us, the ^[i](AU)treasure which has been entrusted to you.

¹⁵ You are aware of this: that all who are in ^(AV)Asia ^(AW)turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶ The Lord give mercy to ^(AX)the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and ^(AY)was not ashamed of my ^[j](AZ)chains, ¹⁷ but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me— ¹⁸ the Lord ^[k]grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on ^(BA)that day—and you know very well what services he rendered at ^(BB)Ephesus.