/1-1- PAUL
AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST BY THE WILL OF GOD
ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE OF LIFE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS
/1-2- TO TIMOTHY
MY DEARLY BELOVED SON- GRACE
MERCY
AND PEACE
FROM GOD THE FATHER AND CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
/1-3- I THANK GOD
WHOM I SERVE FROM MY FOREFATHERS WITH PURE CONSCIENCE
THAT WITHOUT CEASING I HAVE REMEMBRANCE OF THEE IN MY PRAYERS NIGHT AND DAY
/1-4- GREATLY DESIRING TO SEE THEE
BEING MINDFUL OF THY TEARS
THAT I MAY BE FILLED WITH JOY
/1-5- WHEN I CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE UNFEIGNED FAITH THAT IS IN THEE
WHICH DWELT FIRST IN THY GRANDMOTHER LOIS
AND THY MOTHER EUNICE AND I AM PERSUADED THAT IN THEE ALSO.
/1-6- WHEREFORE I PUT THEE IN REMEMBRANCE THAT THOU STIR UP THE GIFT OF GOD
WHICH IS IN THEE BY THE PUTTING ON OF MY HANDS.
/1-7- FOR GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER
AND OF LOVE
AND OF A SOUND MIND.
/1-8- BE NOT THOU THEREFORE ASHAMED OF THE TESTIMONY OF OUR LORD
NOR OF ME HIS PRISONER- BUT BE THOU PARTAKER OF THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE POWER OF GOD
/1-9- WHO HATH SAVED US
AND CALLED US WITH AN HOLY CALLING
NOT ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS
BUT ACCORDING TO HIS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE
WHICH WAS GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN
/1-10- BUT IS NOW MADE MANIFEST BY THE APPEARING OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST
WHO HATH ABOLISHED DEATH
AND HATH BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL-
/1-11- WHEREUNTO I AM APPOINTED A PREACHER
AND AN APOSTLE
AND A TEACHER OF THE GENTILES.
/1-12- FOR THE WHICH CAUSE I ALSO SUFFER THESE THINGS- NEVERTHELESS I AM NOT ASHAMED- FOR I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED
AND AM PERSUADED THAT HE IS ABLE TO KEEP THAT WHICH I HAVE COMMITTED UNTO HIM AGAINST THAT DAY.
/1-13- HOLD FAST THE FORM OF SOUND WORDS
WHICH THOU HAST HEARD OF ME
IN FAITH AND LOVE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.
/1-14- THAT GOOD THING WHICH WAS COMMITTED UNTO THEE KEEP BY THE HOLY GHOST WHICH DWELLETH IN US.
/1-15- THIS THOU KNOWEST
THAT ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA BE TURNED AWAY FROM ME OF WHOM ARE PHYGELLUS AND HERMOGENES.
/1-16- THE LORD GIVE MERCY UNTO THE HOUSE OF ONESIPHORUS FOR HE OFT REFRESHED ME
AND WAS NOT ASHAMED OF MY CHAIN-
/1-17- BUT
WHEN HE WAS IN ROME
HE SOUGHT ME OUT VERY DILIGENTLY
AND FOUND ME.
/1-18- THE LORD GRANT UNTO HIM THAT HE MAY FIND MERCY OF THE LORD IN THAT DAY- AND IN HOW MANY THINGS HE MINISTERED UNTO ME AT EPHESUS
THOU KNOWEST VERY WELL.
/2-1- THOU THEREFORE
MY SON
BE STRONG IN THE GRACE THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS.
/2-2- AND THE THINGS THAT THOU HAST HEARD OF ME AMONG MANY WITNESSES
THE SAME COMMIT THOU TO FAITHFUL MEN
WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS ALSO.
/2-3- THOU THEREFORE ENDURE HARDNESS
AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST.
/2-4- NO MAN THAT WARRETH ENTANGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE THAT HE MAY PLEASE HIM WHO HATH CHOSEN HIM TO BE A SOLDIER.
/2-5- AND IF A MAN ALSO STRIVE FOR MASTERIES
YET IS HE NOT CROWNED
EXCEPT HE STRIVE LAWFULLY.
/2-6- THE HUSBANDMAN THAT LABOURETH MUST BE FIRST PARTAKER OF THE FRUITS.
/2-7- CONSIDER WHAT I SAY AND THE LORD GIVE THEE UNDERSTANDING IN ALL THINGS.
/2-8- REMEMBER THAT JESUS CHRIST OF THE SEED OF DAVID WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD ACCORDING TO MY GOSPEL-
/2-9- WHEREIN I SUFFER TROUBLE
AS AN EVIL DOER
EVEN UNTO BONDS BUT THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT BOUND.
/2-10- THEREFORE I ENDURE ALL THINGS FOR THE ELECT'S SAKES
THAT THEY MAY ALSO OBTAIN THE SALVATION WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS WITH ETERNAL GLORY.
/2-11- IT IS A FAITHFUL SAYING- FOR IF WE BE DEAD WITH HIM
WE SHALL ALSO LIVE WITH HIM-
/2-12- IF WE SUFFER
WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM- IF WE DENY HIM
HE ALSO WILL DENY US-
/2-13- IF WE BELIEVE NOT
YET HE ABIDETH FAITHFUL- HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF.
/2-14- OF THESE THINGS PUT THEM IN REMEMBRANCE
CHARGING THEM BEFORE THE LORD THAT THEY STRIVE NOT ABOUT WORDS TO NO PROFIT
BUT TO THE SUBVERTING OF THE HEARERS.
/2-15- STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD
A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED
RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.
/2-16- BUT SHUN PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS- FOR THEY WILL INCREASE UNTO MORE UNGODLINESS.
/2-17- AND THEIR WORD WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER- OF WHOM IS HYMENAEUS AND PHILETUS
/2-18- WHO CONCERNING THE TRUTH HAVE ERRED
SAYING THAT THE RESURRECTION IS PAST ALREADY AND OVERTHROW THE FAITH OF SOME.
/2-19- NEVERTHELESS THE FOUNDATION OF GOD STANDETH SURE
HAVING THIS SEAL
THE LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS. AND
LET EVERY ONE THAT NAMETH THE NAME OF CHRIST DEPART FROM INIQUITY.
/2-20- BUT IN A GREAT HOUSE THERE ARE NOT ONLY VESSELS OF GOLD AND OF SILVER
BUT ALSO OF WOOD AND OF EARTH AND SOME TO HONOUR
AND SOME TO DISHONOUR.
/2-21- IF A MAN THEREFORE PURGE HIMSELF FROM THESE
HE SHALL BE A VESSEL UNTO HONOUR
SANCTIFIED
AND MEET FOR THE MASTER'S USE
AND PREPARED UNTO EVERY GOOD WORK.
/2-22- FLEE ALSO YOUTHFUL LUSTS- BUT FOLLOW RIGHTEOUSNESS
FAITH
CHARITY
PEACE
WITH THEM THAT CALL ON THE LORD OUT OF A PURE HEART.
/2-23- BUT FOOLISH AND UNLEARNED QUESTIONS AVOID
KNOWING THAT THEY DO GENDER STRIFES.
/2-24- AND THE SERVANT OF THE LORD MUST NOT STRIVE BUT BE GENTLE UNTO ALL MEN
APT TO TEACH
PATIENT
/2-25- IN MEEKNESS INSTRUCTING THOSE THAT OPPOSE THEMSELVES IF GOD PERADVENTURE WILL GIVE THEM REPENTANCE TO THE ACKNOWLEDGING OF THE TRUTH
/2-26- AND THAT THEY MAY RECOVER THEMSELVES OUT OF THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL
WHO ARE TAKEN CAPTIVE BY HIM AT HIS WILL.
/3-1- THIS KNOW ALSO
THAT IN THE LAST DAYS PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME.
/3-2- FOR MEN SHALL BE LOVERS OF THEIR OWN SELVES
COVETOUS
BOASTERS
PROUD
BLASPHEMERS
DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS
UNTHANKFUL
UNHOLY
/3-3- WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION
TRUCEBREAKERS
FALSE ACCUSERS
INCONTINENT
FIERCE
DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT ARE GOOD
/3-4- TRAITORS
HEADY
HIGHMINDED
LOVERS OF PLEASURES MORE THAN LOVERS OF GOD
/3-5- HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS
BUT DENYING THE POWER THEREOF- FROM SUCH TURN AWAY.
/3-6- FOR OF THIS SORT ARE THEY WHICH CREEP INTO HOUSES
AND LEAD CAPTIVE SILLY WOMEN LADEN WITH SINS
LED AWAY WITH DIVERS LUSTS
/3-7- EVER LEARNING
AND NEVER ABLE TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.
/3-8- NOW AS JANNES AND JAMBRES WITHSTOOD MOSES
SO DO THESE ALSO RESIST THE TRUTH- MEN OF CORRUPT MINDS
REPROBATE CONCERNING THE FAITH.
/3-9- BUT THEY SHALL PROCEED NO FURTHER- FOR THEIR FOLLY SHALL BE MANIFEST UNTO ALL MEN
AS THEIRS ALSO WAS.
/3-10- BUT THOU HAST FULLY KNOWN MY DOCTRINE
MANNER OF LIFE
PURPOSE
FAITH
LONGSUFFERING
CHARITY
PATIENCE
/3-11- PERSECUTIONS
AFFLICTIONS
WHICH CAME UNTO ME AT ANTIOCH
AT ICONIUM
AT LYSTRA WHAT PERSECUTIONS I ENDURED- BUT OUT OF THEM ALL THE LORD DELIVERED ME.
/3-12- YEA
AND ALL THAT WILL LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION.
/3-13- BUT EVIL MEN AND SEDUCERS SHALL WAX WORSE AND WORSE
DECEIVING
AND BEING DECEIVED.
/3-14- BUT CONTINUE THOU IN THE THINGS WHICH THOU HAST LEARNED AND HAST BEEN ASSURED OF
KNOWING OF WHOM THOU HAST LEARNED THEM
/3-15- AND THAT FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
WHICH ARE ABLE TO MAKE THEE WISE UNTO SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.
/3-16- ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD
AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE
FOR REPROOF
FOR CORRECTION
FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS-
/3-17- THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE PERFECT
THROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS.
/4-1- I CHARGE THEE THEREFORE BEFORE GOD
AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
WHO SHALL JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD AT HIS APPEARING AND HIS KINGDOM
/4-2- PREACH THE WORD BE INSTANT IN SEASON
OUT OF SEASON REPROVE
REBUKE
EXHORT WITH ALL LONGSUFFERING AND DOCTRINE.
/4-3- FOR THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE BUT AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS SHALL THEY HEAP TO THEMSELVES TEACHERS
HAVING ITCHING EARS
/4-4- AND THEY SHALL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH
AND SHALL BE TURNED UNTO FABLES.
/4-5- BUT WATCH THOU IN ALL THINGS
ENDURE AFFLICTIONS
DO THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST
MAKE FULL PROOF OF THY MINISTRY.
/4-6- FOR I AM NOW READY TO BE OFFERED
AND THE TIME OF MY DEPARTURE IS AT HAND.
/4-7- I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT
I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE
I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH-
/4-8- HENCEFORTH THERE IS LAID UP FOR ME A CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHICH THE LORD
THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE
SHALL GIVE ME AT THAT DAY- AND NOT TO ME ONLY
BUT UNTO ALL THEM ALSO THAT LOVE HIS APPEARING.
/4-9- DO THY DILIGENCE TO COME SHORTLY UNTO ME-
/4-10- FOR DEMAS HATH FORSAKEN ME
HAVING LOVED THIS PRESENT WORLD
AND IS DEPARTED UNTO THESSALONICA CRESCENS TO GALATIA
TITUS UNTO DALMATIA.
/4-11- ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME. TAKE MARK
AND BRING HIM WITH THEE- FOR HE IS PROFITABLE TO ME FOR THE MINISTRY.
/4-12- AND TYCHICUS HAVE I SENT TO EPHESUS.
/4-13- THE CLOKE THAT I LEFT AT TROAS WITH CARPUS
WHEN THOU COMEST
BRING WITH THEE
AND THE BOOKS
BUT ESPECIALLY THE PARCHMENTS.
/4-14- ALEXANDER THE COPPERSMITH DID ME MUCH EVIL- THE LORD REWARD HIM ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS-
/4-15- OF WHOM BE THOU WARE ALSO FOR HE HATH GREATLY WITHSTOOD OUR WORDS.
/4-16- AT MY FIRST ANSWER NO MAN STOOD WITH ME
BUT ALL MEN FORSOOK ME- I PRAY GOD THAT IT MAY NOT BE LAID TO THEIR CHARGE.
/4-17- NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD STOOD WITH ME
AND STRENGTHENED ME THAT BY ME THE PREACHING MIGHT BE FULLY KNOWN
AND THAT ALL THE GENTILES MIGHT HEAR- AND I WAS DELIVERED OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE LION.
/4-18- AND THE LORD SHALL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK
AND WILL PRESERVE ME UNTO HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM- TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.
/4-19- SALUTE PRISCA AND AQUILA
AND THE HOUSEHOLD OF ONESIPHORUS.
/4-20- ERASTUS ABODE AT CORINTH- BUT TROPHIMUS HAVE I LEFT AT MILETUM SICK.
/4-21- DO THY DILIGENCE TO COME BEFORE WINTER. EUBULUS GREETETH THEE
AND PUDENS
AND LINUS
AND CLAUDIA
AND ALL THE BRETHREN.
/4-22- THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH THY SPIRIT. GRACE BE WITH YOU. AMEN.
