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2 Timothy 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

2 to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

4 longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

5 having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, in you also.

6 For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

7 For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

8 Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

11 For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

12 For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

13 Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14 That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

15 This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

16 May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

17 but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently and found me

18 (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

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2 Timothy 1 · Written by an AI model · Not reviewed by a theological reader

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What this chapter says

Paul writes from prison, and he writes warmly. He thanks God for Timothy, whom he remembers night and day in prayer. He remembers Timothy’s tears and longs to see him. He recalls the sincere faith that lived first in Timothy’s grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice, and he is sure it lives in Timothy too.

He asks Timothy to stir up the gift of God that came through the laying on of hands. “God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.” He asks Timothy not to be ashamed of the Lord or of Paul his prisoner, but to share in hardship for the Good News. He says he is not ashamed of his own suffering either, because he knows whom he has believed.

Then the letter turns personal. Everyone in Asia has turned away from him. But Onesiphorus often refreshed him, was not ashamed of his chain, and searched diligently for him in Rome until he found him.

Background

Tradition links this letter to Paul in prison in Rome near the end of his life, and it reads like a farewell. Many scholars think a follower wrote in his name, while others accept Paul as the author. Timothy is a younger co-worker who has been with Paul on many journeys, and he needs courage to carry on in Ephesus. See Acts 16 for the first mention of Timothy and his mother, and 1 Timothy 4 for the laying on of hands.

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Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model, on 18 October 2026. It draws on the WEB text and general knowledge and was not checked against sources by a person. Every quotation from Scripture is checked automatically against the WEB text.

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