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2 Timothy 1
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Salutation

1 From Paul,[a] an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise[b] of life in Christ Jesus, 2 to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy

3 I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did,[c] when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.[d] 4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you,[e] so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I recall[f] your sincere faith[g] that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure[h] is in you.

6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess[i] through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God did not give us a Spirit[j] of fear but of power and love and self-control. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord[k] or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by[l] God’s power accept your share of suffering[m] for the gospel. 9 He is the one who saved us[n] and called us with a holy calling, not based on[o] our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,[p] 10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He[q] has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! 11 For this gospel[r] I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.[s] 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do.[t] But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set[u] and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me[v] until that day.[w] 13 Hold to the standard[x] of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.[y] 14 Protect that good thing[z] entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia[aa] deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16 May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.[ab] 17 But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me. 18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day![ac] And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.[ad]

Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:1 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
  2. 2 Timothy 1:1 tn Grk “for the promise…” or possibly “in accordance with the promise…”
  3. 2 Timothy 1:3 tn Grk “from my ancestors.”
  4. 2 Timothy 1:3 tn Or “as I do constantly. By night and day I long to see you…”
  5. 2 Timothy 1:4 tn Grk “longing to see you, remembering your tears” (as a continuation of the preceding clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  6. 2 Timothy 1:5 tn Grk “recalling” (as a continuation of the preceding clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  7. 2 Timothy 1:5 tn Grk “the sincere faith in you.”
  8. 2 Timothy 1:5 tn Or “convinced.”
  9. 2 Timothy 1:6 tn Grk “that is in you.”
  10. 2 Timothy 1:7 tn Or “a spirit,” denoting the human personality under the Spirit’s influence as in 1 Cor 4:21; Gal 6:1; 1 Pet 3:4. But the reference to the Holy Spirit at the end of this section (1:14) makes it likely that it begins this way also, so that the Holy Spirit is the referent.
  11. 2 Timothy 1:8 tn Grk “the testimony of our Lord.”
  12. 2 Timothy 1:8 tn Or “according to.”
  13. 2 Timothy 1:8 tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”
  14. 2 Timothy 1:9 tn More literally, “who saved us,” as a description of God in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  15. 2 Timothy 1:9 tn Or “according to,” or “by.”
  16. 2 Timothy 1:9 tn Grk “before eternal times.”
  17. 2 Timothy 1:10 tn Grk “having broken…and having brought…” (describing Christ). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here (and at the beginning of v. 11) in the translation.
  18. 2 Timothy 1:11 tn Grk “for which.”
  19. 2 Timothy 1:11 tc Most mss (א2 C D F G Ψ 1241 1505 1739 1881 M al latt sy co) have ἐθνῶν (ethnōn, “of the Gentiles”) after “teacher” (διδάσκαλος [didaskalos ]). The shorter reading has poorer external credentials (א* A I 1175), though codex 33 has a reading apparently generated from διδάσκαλος alone (διάκονος (diakonos, “servant”]). The “teacher” without adjunct is preferred both because ἐθνῶν probably represents a gloss added by scribes familiar with 1 Tim 2:7 and because there is no easy explanation for the omission of ἐθνῶν if it were original here.
  20. 2 Timothy 1:12 tn Grk “suffer these things.”
  21. 2 Timothy 1:12 tn Or “in whom I have believed.”
  22. 2 Timothy 1:12 sn What has been entrusted to me (Grk “my entrustment,” meaning either (1) “what I have entrusted to him” [his life, destiny, etc.] or (2) “what he has entrusted to me” [the truth of the gospel]). The parallel with v. 14 and use of similar words in the pastorals (1 Tim 6:20; 2 Tim 2:2) argue for the latter sense.
  23. 2 Timothy 1:12 sn That day is a reference to the day when Paul would stand before Christ to give account for his service (cf. 2 Tim 1:18; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).
  24. 2 Timothy 1:13 tn Or “pattern.”
  25. 2 Timothy 1:13 tn Grk “in faith and love in Christ Jesus.”sn With the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This describes the manner in which Timothy must hold to the standard (similar to Paul’s call for him to give attention to his life and his teaching in 1 Tim 4:11-16).
  26. 2 Timothy 1:14 sn That good thing (Grk “the good deposit”) refers to the truth of the gospel committed to Timothy (cf. 1 Tim 6:20).
  27. 2 Timothy 1:15 tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia. The Roman province of Asia made up about one-third of modern Asia Minor and was on the western side of it. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.
  28. 2 Timothy 1:16 tn Grk “my chain.”
  29. 2 Timothy 1:18 sn That day is a reference to the day when Onesiphorus (v. 16) stands before Christ to give account for his service (cf. v. 12; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).
  30. 2 Timothy 1:18 tn Grk “all the ways he served in Ephesus.”
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2 Timothy 1
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1 Paul Paulos, an apostle apostolos of Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous through dia the will thelēma of God theos according to kata the promise epangelia of life zōē that ho is in en Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous, 2 to Timothy Timotheos, beloved agapētos son teknon: Grace charis, mercy eleos, peace eirēnē from apo God theos the Father patēr and kai Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios.

3 I continually thank charis · ho God theos, whom hos I serve latreuō, as did apo my ancestors progonos, with en a clean katharos conscience syneidēsis, as hōs unceasingly adialeiptos I remember mneia you sy in en · ho my egō prayers deēsis night nyx and kai day hēmera, 4 yearning epipotheō to see you sy, remembering mimnēskomai your sy · ho tears dakryon, so that hina I may be filled with plēroō joy chara, 5 because lambanō I remember hypomnēsis · ho your en sy sincere anypokritos faith pistis, which hostis dwelt enoikeō first prōton in en · ho your sy grandmother mammē Lois Lōis and kai · ho your sy mother mētēr Eunice eunikē, and de I am confident peithō that hoti it is also kai in en you sy. 6 For dia which hos reason aitia I remind anamimnēskō you sy to fan into flame anazōpyreō the ho gift charisma of ho God theos, which hos is eimi in en you sy through dia the ho laying on epithesis of ho my egō hands cheir, 7 for gar God theos did not ou give didōmi us hēmeis · ho a spirit pneuma of fear deilia but alla of power dynamis and kai of love agapē and kai of self-control sōphronismos. 8 Therefore oun do not mē be ashamed epaischunomai of the ho testimony martyrion concerning ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios nor mēde of me egō · ho his autos prisoner desmios, but alla share in suffering synkakopatheō for the sake of the ho gospel euangelion by kata the power dynamis of God theos, 9 who ho saved sōzō us hēmeis and kai called kaleō us to a holy hagios calling klēsis, not ou because kata of · ho our hēmeis works ergon but alla because of kata his own idios purpose prothesis and kai grace charis, which ho was given didōmi to us hēmeis in en Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous before pro time chronos eternal aiōnios, 10 but de now nyn has been made known phaneroō through dia the ho appearing epiphaneia of ho our hēmeis Savior sōtēr, Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous, on the one hand men, in order to abolish katargeō · ho death thanatos and , on the other de, to bring to light phōtizō life zōē and kai incorruptibility aphtharsia through dia the ho gospel euangelion, 11 for eis which hos I egō was appointed tithēmi a herald kēryx and kai an apostle apostolos and kai a teacher didaskalos, 12 for dia which hos reason aitia even kai I am suffering paschō these things houtos; but alla I am not ou ashamed epaischunomai, for gar I know oida in whom hos I have trusted pisteuō and kai I am fully convinced peithō that hoti he is eimi able dynatos to guard phylassō · ho my egō deposit parathēkē until eis that ekeinos · ho day hēmera. 13 Hold to echō the pattern hypotypōsis of healthy hygiainō words logos that hos you have heard akouō from para me egō in en the faith pistis and kai the love agapē that ho is in en Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous. 14 Guard phylassō the ho good kalos deposit parathēkē by dia the Holy hagios Spirit pneuma that ho indwells enoikeō en us hēmeis.

15 You know oida this houtos, that hoti all pas those ho in en Asia Asia have deserted apostrephō me egō, · ho among whom hos are eimi Phygelus Phygelos and kai Hermogenes Hermogenēs. 16 May the ho Lord kyrios grant didōmi mercy eleos to the ho household oikos of Onesiphorus Onēsiphoros, for hoti often pollakis he refreshed anapsychō me egō and kai was epaischunomai not ou ashamed epaischunomai of · ho my egō chain halysis, 17 but alla being ginomai in en Rome Rhōmē, he earnestly spoudaiōs searched zēteō for me egō and kai found heuriskō me. 18 May the ho Lord kyrios grant didōmi him autos to find heuriskō mercy eleos from para the Lord kyrios on en that ekeinos · ho day hēmera. And kai the services hosos he performed diakoneō in en Ephesus Ephesos you sy know ginōskō very well beltiōn.

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