² To Timothy, ^(A)my beloved child:

^(B)Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁵ I am reminded of ^(A)your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and ^(B)your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. ⁶ For this reason I remind you ^(C)to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, ⁷ for God gave us ^(D)a spirit not of fear but ^(E)of power and love and self-control.

⁸ Therefore ^(F)do not be ashamed of ^(G)the testimony about our Lord, nor of ^(H)me his prisoner, but ^(I)share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,

⁷ But ^(A)whatever gain I had, ^(B)I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ Indeed, I count everything as loss because of ^(C)the surpassing worth of ^(D)knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I ^(E)have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having ^(F)a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but ^(G)that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— ^10 (H)that I may know him and ^(I)the power of his resurrection, and ^(J)may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,