Add parallel Print Page Options

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

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:3 Lit from my forefathers
  2. 2 Timothy 1:3 Or petitions
  3. 2 Timothy 1:5 Lit receiving remembrance of
  4. 2 Timothy 1:7 Or cowardice
  5. 2 Timothy 1:7 Or sound judgment

Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You

(A)I thank God (B)whom I serve, as did my ancestors, (C)with a clear conscience, as I remember you (D)constantly in my prayers night and day. (E)As I remember your tears, (F)I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of (G)your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and (H)your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. For this reason I remind you (I)to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us (J)a spirit not of fear but (K)of power and love and self-control.

Read full chapter